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for<00:13:02.200><c> whoremongers,</c><00:13:02.820><c> for</c><00:13:02.899><c> them</c><00:13:03.080><c> that</c><00:13:03.299><c> defile</c><00:13:03.620><c> themselves</c><00:13:04.039><c> with</c><00:13:04.320><c> mankind,</c><00:13:05.220><c> for</c>

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men<00:13:05.799><c> stealers,</c><00:13:06.279><c> for</c><00:13:06.580><c> liars,</c><00:13:07.340><c> for</c><00:13:07.559><c> purged</c><00:13:08.000><c> persons.</c>

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And<00:13:09.159><c> if</c><00:13:09.320><c> there</c><00:13:09.519><c> be</c><00:13:09.740><c> any</c><00:13:10.179><c> other</c><00:13:10.539><c> thing</c><00:13:10.799><c> that</c><00:13:11.000><c> is</c><00:13:11.419><c> contrary</c><00:13:12.000><c> to</c>

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sound<00:13:13.019><c> doctrine,</c>

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according<00:13:14.580><c> to</c><00:13:14.899><c> the</c><00:13:15.500><c> glorious</c><00:13:16.000><c> gospel</c><00:13:16.500><c> of</c><00:13:16.940><c> the</c><00:13:17.379><c> blessed</c><00:13:17.740><c> God</c>

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which<00:13:18.500><c> was</c><00:13:18.720><c> committed</c><00:13:19.039><c> to</c><00:13:19.279><c> my</c><00:13:19.539><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:13:21.279><c> Paul</c><00:13:21.419><c> is</c><00:13:21.740><c> exactly</c><00:13:22.340><c> right.</c><00:13:23.100><c> There's</c><00:13:23.600><c> nothing</c><00:13:23.919><c> wrong</c><00:13:24.460><c> with</c>

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God's<00:13:25.259><c> law.</c>

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It's<00:13:26.299><c> a</c><00:13:26.440><c> magnificent</c><00:13:27.299><c> piece</c><00:13:27.600><c> of</c><00:13:27.820><c> legislation</c><00:13:28.419><c> as</c><00:13:29.200><c> long</c><00:13:29.480><c> as</c><00:13:29.639><c> we</c>

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understand<00:13:30.980><c> its</c><00:13:31.279><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:13:32.899><c> what's</c><00:13:33.139><c> its</c><00:13:33.299><c> purpose?</c><00:13:34.419><c> Its</c><00:13:34.759><c> purpose</c><00:13:35.159><c> is</c><00:13:35.659><c> restrictive.</c>

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It's<00:13:38.720><c> made</c><00:13:39.059><c> to</c><00:13:39.480><c> discipline</c><00:13:40.080><c> and</c><00:13:41.220><c> to</c><00:13:41.700><c> correct</c><00:13:42.100><c> all</c><00:13:43.200><c> these</c><00:13:43.740><c> dreadful</c><00:13:44.480><c> characteristics</c><00:13:45.000><c> that</c>

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are<00:13:45.440><c> rampant</c><00:13:45.720><c> in</c><00:13:45.940><c> human</c><00:13:46.120><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:13:48.460><c> those</c><00:13:48.700><c> things</c><00:13:48.879><c> which</c><00:13:49.159><c> are</c><00:13:49.360><c> rampant,</c><00:13:49.879><c> the</c><00:13:50.019><c> law</c><00:13:50.179><c> it</c><00:13:50.620><c> restricts,</c><00:13:51.679><c> are</c><00:13:52.120><c> contrary</c><00:13:52.659><c> to</c>

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the<00:13:53.240><c> blessed</c><00:13:53.539><c> God,</c>

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to<00:13:54.659><c> the</c><00:13:54.840><c> glorious</c><00:13:55.440><c> gospel,</c><00:13:56.080><c> the</c><00:13:56.200><c> revelation</c><00:13:56.580><c> of</c><00:13:56.799><c> the</c><00:13:56.960><c> blessed</c><00:13:57.259><c> God.</c>

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You<00:13:58.139><c> don't</c><00:13:58.419><c> understand</c><00:13:58.899><c> God</c><00:13:59.240><c> having</c><00:13:59.580><c> anything</c><00:13:59.879><c> to</c><00:13:59.899><c> do</c><00:13:59.960><c> with</c>

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all<00:14:00.259><c> those</c><00:14:00.419><c> things.</c><00:14:01.120><c> It's</c><00:14:01.600><c> foreign</c><00:14:01.659><c> to</c><00:14:01.940><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:14:03.080><c> absolutely</c><00:14:03.379><c> foreign</c><00:14:03.879><c> to</c><00:14:04.100><c> God.</c><00:14:04.259><c> He</c><00:14:04.379><c> is</c><00:14:04.600><c> a</c><00:14:05.000><c> blessed</c><00:14:05.340><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:14:06.100><c> got</c><00:14:06.399><c> nothing</c><00:14:06.740><c> whatever</c><00:14:07.019><c> to</c><00:14:07.259><c> do</c><00:14:07.360><c> with</c><00:14:07.500><c> those</c><00:14:07.820><c> characteristics.</c>

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Therefore<00:14:09.120><c> the</c><00:14:09.440><c> law</c><00:14:09.639><c> is</c><00:14:09.919><c> good.</c><00:14:10.200><c> Right.</c><00:14:10.559><c> If</c><00:14:10.740><c> we</c><00:14:10.899><c> want</c><00:14:11.039><c> to</c><00:14:11.179><c> use</c>

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the<00:14:11.480><c> law</c><00:14:11.600><c> and</c><00:14:11.779><c> we</c><00:14:11.960><c> all</c><00:14:12.159><c> use</c><00:14:12.360><c> law</c><00:14:12.580><c> upon</c><00:14:12.820><c> our</c><00:14:13.059><c> children.</c>

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Why?<00:14:14.799><c> Because</c><00:14:14.940><c> the</c><00:14:15.179><c> child</c><00:14:15.379><c> can't</c><00:14:15.740><c> understand</c><00:14:16.179><c> the</c><00:14:16.419><c> principles</c><00:14:16.659><c> of</c><00:14:16.919><c> God</c><00:14:17.120><c> manifestation.</c>

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Oh<00:14:18.139><c> yes,</c><00:14:18.279><c> they</c><00:14:18.399><c> might</c><00:14:18.580><c> write</c><00:14:18.820><c> them</c><00:14:18.960><c> at</c><00:14:19.080><c> their</c><00:14:19.240><c> Sunday</c><00:14:19.480><c> school</c>

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lessons.<00:14:19.960><c> That's</c><00:14:20.259><c> a</c><00:14:20.320><c> vastly</c><00:14:20.559><c> different</c><00:14:20.820><c> thing</c><00:14:20.960><c> than</c><00:14:21.059><c> understanding</c><00:14:21.580><c> them.</c>

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They've<00:14:22.639><c> got</c><00:14:22.700><c> to</c><00:14:22.779><c> come</c><00:14:23.000><c> to</c><00:14:23.120><c> a</c><00:14:23.279><c> certain</c><00:14:23.620><c> age</c><00:14:24.159><c> in</c><00:14:24.519><c> their</c><00:14:24.740><c> life</c><00:14:24.879><c> before</c><00:14:25.080><c> they</c><00:14:25.200><c> can</c><00:14:25.440><c> grasp</c><00:14:25.659><c> the</c><00:14:25.820><c> meaning</c><00:14:25.980><c> of</c><00:14:26.200><c> that.</c>

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Not<00:14:27.139><c> only</c><00:14:27.320><c> the</c><00:14:27.500><c> meaning</c><00:14:27.639><c> of</c><00:14:27.799><c> it,</c><00:14:27.879><c> but</c><00:14:28.059><c> the</c><00:14:28.340><c> import</c><00:14:28.720><c> of</c><00:14:28.899><c> it.</c><00:14:29.360><c> What</c><00:14:29.480><c> do</c>

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we<00:14:29.700><c> do?</c>

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Well<00:14:30.600><c> we</c><00:14:30.919><c> wisely</c><00:14:31.519><c> put</c><00:14:31.759><c> them</c><00:14:31.879><c> under</c><00:14:32.139><c> a</c><00:14:32.299><c> law</c><00:14:32.600><c> that</c><00:14:33.379><c> all</c><00:14:33.539><c> we</c><00:14:33.860><c> can</c><00:14:34.200><c> do.</c>

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And<00:14:35.320><c> what's</c><00:14:35.580><c> the</c><00:14:35.620><c> purpose</c><00:14:35.860><c> of</c><00:14:36.019><c> that</c><00:14:36.120><c> law?</c><00:14:36.840><c> To</c><00:14:37.159><c> correct</c><00:14:37.440><c> the</c><00:14:37.700><c> little</c><00:14:37.919><c> abuses</c><00:14:38.259><c> in</c>

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their<00:14:38.759><c> lives</c><00:14:39.200><c> that's</c><00:14:40.220><c> going</c><00:14:40.340><c> to</c><00:14:40.419><c> lead</c><00:14:40.559><c> them</c><00:14:40.779><c> to</c><00:14:40.899><c> perdition.</c>

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So<00:14:42.059><c> we</c><00:14:42.179><c> say</c><00:14:42.259><c> you</c><00:14:42.480><c> can't</c><00:14:42.899><c> do</c><00:14:43.080><c> that</c><00:14:43.279><c> and</c><00:14:43.399><c> you</c><00:14:43.600><c> can't</c><00:14:43.960><c> do</c><00:14:44.139><c> this</c><00:14:44.279><c> and</c>

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you<00:14:44.620><c> can't</c><00:14:45.019><c> do</c><00:14:45.220><c> so</c><00:14:45.419><c> and</c><00:14:45.500><c> so.</c>

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And<00:14:47.000><c> we're</c><00:14:47.240><c> all</c><00:14:47.539><c> the</c><00:14:47.740><c> time</c><00:14:47.919><c> telling</c><00:14:48.179><c> them</c><00:14:48.419><c> folks</c><00:14:48.620><c> the</c><00:14:48.899><c> fact</c><00:14:49.039><c> they</c><00:14:49.259><c> can't</c><00:14:49.679><c> do</c>

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it,<00:14:50.259><c> that</c><00:14:50.299><c> a</c><00:14:50.480><c> think</c><00:14:50.620><c> possibility</c><00:14:51.100><c> of</c><00:14:51.440><c> doing</c><00:14:51.659><c> it</c>

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and<00:14:51.940><c> the</c><00:14:52.080><c> fact</c><00:14:52.179><c> that</c><00:14:52.340><c> they</c><00:14:52.480><c> will</c><00:14:52.720><c> do</c><00:14:52.899><c> it,</c><00:14:53.059><c> left</c><00:14:53.179><c> to</c><00:14:53.340><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:14:54.740><c> we</c><00:14:55.000><c> bring</c><00:14:55.179><c> them</c><00:14:55.320><c> up</c><00:14:55.440><c> to</c><00:14:55.679><c> understand</c><00:14:56.220><c> that</c><00:14:56.580><c> there</c><00:14:56.720><c> is</c><00:14:56.879><c> in</c>

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them<00:14:57.259><c> no</c><00:14:57.679><c> good</c><00:14:58.039><c> thing.</c><00:14:58.940><c> That's</c><00:14:59.419><c> law.</c>

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But<00:15:00.840><c> there's</c><00:15:01.139><c> got</c><00:15:01.379><c> to</c><00:15:01.620><c> come</c><00:15:01.759><c> a</c><00:15:02.039><c> point</c><00:15:02.320><c> in</c><00:15:02.600><c> their</c><00:15:02.759><c> little</c><00:15:03.059><c> lives,</c><00:15:03.720><c> when</c>

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they<00:15:04.059><c> get</c><00:15:04.200><c> little</c><00:15:04.500><c> bigger</c><00:15:04.779><c> lives,</c>

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when<00:15:06.480><c> there's</c><00:15:06.779><c> got</c><00:15:06.860><c> to</c><00:15:06.980><c> be</c><00:15:07.120><c> a</c><00:15:07.379><c> vastly</c><00:15:07.779><c> different</c><00:15:08.259><c> reason</c><00:15:08.720><c> for</c>

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the<00:15:09.159><c> mere</c><00:15:09.480><c> law</c><00:15:09.779><c> to</c><00:15:10.259><c> govern</c><00:15:10.480><c> their</c><00:15:10.759><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:15:11.940><c> we've</c><00:15:12.220><c> got</c><00:15:12.259><c> to</c><00:15:12.399><c> bring</c><00:15:12.519><c> them</c><00:15:12.620><c> to</c><00:15:12.720><c> the</c><00:15:12.899><c> point</c><00:15:13.039><c> that</c><00:15:13.240><c> Paul</c><00:15:13.440><c> told</c><00:15:13.700><c> us</c>

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in<00:15:14.039><c> Philippians,</c>

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to<00:15:14.659><c> think</c><00:15:14.940><c> upon</c><00:15:15.200><c> those</c><00:15:15.620><c> things</c><00:15:15.840><c> which</c><00:15:16.039><c> are</c><00:15:16.240><c> of</c><00:15:16.519><c> honest</c><00:15:16.700><c> and</c>

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good<00:15:17.259><c> report.</c>

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Not<00:15:18.720><c> upon</c><00:15:18.919><c> the</c><00:15:19.059><c> things</c><00:15:19.179><c> they</c><00:15:19.480><c> can't</c><00:15:19.960><c> do,</c><00:15:20.139><c> which</c><00:15:20.360><c> are</c><00:15:20.659><c> dishonest</c><00:15:21.120><c> and</c><00:15:21.259><c> a</c>

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bad<00:15:21.740><c> report,</c>

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but<00:15:22.659><c> to</c><00:15:22.860><c> commence</c><00:15:23.159><c> to</c><00:15:23.399><c> think</c><00:15:23.539><c> about</c><00:15:23.799><c> things</c><00:15:24.080><c> that</c><00:15:24.279><c> are</c><00:15:24.440><c> of</c><00:15:24.539><c> honest</c><00:15:24.940><c> and</c>

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good<00:15:25.460><c> report</c><00:15:25.840><c> and</c><00:15:26.080><c> the</c><00:15:26.320><c> reason</c><00:15:26.620><c> why,</c>

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that<00:15:27.539><c> that's</c><00:15:27.980><c> exactly</c><00:15:28.480><c> what</c><00:15:28.860><c> God</c><00:15:29.100><c> is</c><00:15:29.379><c> like.</c>

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Now<00:15:31.019><c> there's</c><00:15:31.360><c> the</c><00:15:31.519><c> difference.</c><00:15:32.899><c> Law</c><00:15:33.100><c> cannot</c><00:15:33.620><c> get</c><00:15:33.779><c> these</c><00:15:34.100><c> people</c><00:15:34.220><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:34.480><c> Kingdom</c><00:15:34.679><c> of</c><00:15:34.879><c> God.</c>

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Law<00:15:35.340><c> didn't</c><00:15:35.740><c> do</c><00:15:36.000><c> these</c><00:15:36.220><c> things</c><00:15:36.440><c> because</c><00:15:37.120><c> what</c><00:15:37.500><c> they</c><00:15:37.840><c> did</c><00:15:38.100><c> was</c>

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the<00:15:38.799><c> development</c><00:15:39.259><c> of</c><00:15:39.500><c> a</c><00:15:39.639><c> character,</c><00:15:40.059><c> not</c><00:15:40.240><c> restricted.</c>

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Now<00:15:42.139><c> you</c><00:15:42.279><c> take</c><00:15:42.480><c> Galatians</c><00:15:43.000><c> 5</c><00:15:43.259><c> by</c><00:15:43.620><c> contrast.</c>

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Here's<00:15:46.759><c> what</c><00:15:47.039><c> love</c><00:15:47.340><c> does.</c>

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Love.

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Love,<00:16:04.600><c> love</c><00:16:04.600><c> of</c><00:16:04.600><c> the</c><00:16:04.840><c> spirit</c><00:16:05.019><c> words</c><00:16:05.659><c> which</c><00:16:06.419><c> generate</c><00:16:06.919><c> sight,</c>

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this<00:16:07.679><c> is</c><00:16:07.779><c> what</c><00:16:07.899><c> it</c><00:16:08.059><c> does,</c><00:16:10.259><c> in</c><00:16:10.399><c> verse</c><00:16:10.679><c> 22.</c>

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But<00:16:14.360><c> the</c><00:16:14.840><c> fruit</c><00:16:15.100><c> of</c><00:16:15.379><c> the</c><00:16:15.659><c> spirit</c><00:16:16.120><c> is</c><00:16:17.299><c> love,</c><00:16:19.139><c> joy,</c><00:16:20.980><c> peace,</c><00:16:23.240><c> long</c>

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suffering,<00:16:26.120><c> gentleness,</c><00:16:27.600><c> goodness,</c><00:16:28.460><c> faith,</c>

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sweetness,<00:16:32.179><c> temperance,</c><00:16:32.980><c> against</c><00:16:33.559><c> such</c><00:16:34.440><c> there</c><00:16:36.039><c> is</c><00:16:37.220><c> no</c><00:16:37.899><c> law</c>

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and<00:16:39.620><c> neither</c><00:16:39.940><c> do</c><00:16:40.179><c> they.</c>

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What<00:16:42.179><c> Paul</c><00:16:42.440><c> is</c><00:16:42.700><c> saying</c><00:16:42.899><c> there,</c><00:16:43.639><c> not</c><00:16:43.940><c> that</c><00:16:44.120><c> there</c><00:16:44.240><c> was</c><00:16:44.460><c> never</c>

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any<00:16:45.039><c> law</c><00:16:45.279><c> that</c><00:16:45.559><c> says</c><00:16:45.759><c> we</c><00:16:46.879><c> must</c><00:16:47.100><c> manifest</c><00:16:47.600><c> those</c><00:16:47.879><c> things</c>

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because<00:16:48.259><c> it's</c><00:16:48.419><c> all</c><00:16:48.620><c> over</c><00:16:48.899><c> the</c><00:16:49.100><c> Bible.</c>

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What<00:16:49.840><c> he's</c><00:16:50.120><c> saying</c><00:16:50.340><c> is</c><00:16:50.620><c> this,</c><00:16:51.299><c> that</c><00:16:51.360><c> when</c><00:16:51.539><c> you</c><00:16:51.860><c> properly</c><00:16:52.179><c> examine</c><00:16:52.700><c> all</c>

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those<00:16:53.360><c> virtues,</c>

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there's<00:16:54.480><c> not</c><00:16:54.779><c> one</c><00:16:55.059><c> of</c><00:16:55.220><c> them</c><00:16:55.519><c> that</c><00:16:55.860><c> can</c><00:16:56.120><c> be</c><00:16:56.379><c> commanded.</c>

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Take<00:16:58.419><c> the</c><00:16:58.679><c> obvious</c><00:16:59.039><c> one.</c>

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You<00:17:00.360><c> cannot</c><00:17:00.759><c> command</c><00:17:01.179><c> a</c><00:17:01.399><c> person</c><00:17:01.799><c> to</c><00:17:02.139><c> love.</c>

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And<00:17:03.799><c> yet</c><00:17:04.039><c> John</c><00:17:04.339><c> the</c><00:17:04.519><c> apostle</c><00:17:04.920><c> says</c><00:17:05.279><c> that</c><00:17:05.500><c> this</c><00:17:05.619><c> is</c><00:17:05.859><c> the</c><00:17:06.019><c> commandment</c><00:17:06.359><c> that</c>

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God<00:17:06.640><c> has</c><00:17:06.819><c> given</c><00:17:06.960><c> us,</c>

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that<00:17:07.240><c> we</c><00:17:07.359><c> should</c><00:17:07.579><c> love</c><00:17:07.980><c> one</c><00:17:08.180><c> another,</c><00:17:08.640><c> and</c><00:17:08.799><c> he</c><00:17:08.980><c> says</c><00:17:09.059><c> it's</c><00:17:09.259><c> a</c>

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new<00:17:09.539><c> commandment</c><00:17:09.940><c> but</c><00:17:10.039><c> it's</c><00:17:10.240><c> not</c><00:17:10.380><c> new</c><00:17:10.599><c> at</c><00:17:10.799><c> all.</c>

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What<00:17:13.039><c> was</c><00:17:13.140><c> he</c><00:17:13.380><c> saying?</c>

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His<00:17:14.480><c> words</c><00:17:14.839><c> when</c><00:17:14.980><c> they're</c><00:17:15.180><c> taken</c><00:17:15.380><c> in</c><00:17:15.700><c> that</c><00:17:15.900><c> context</c><00:17:16.339><c> almost</c><00:17:16.680><c> seem</c><00:17:16.819><c> a</c>

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complete<00:17:17.279><c> contradiction.</c>

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What<00:17:18.319><c> John</c><00:17:18.480><c> is</c><00:17:18.640><c> saying</c><00:17:18.819><c> that</c><00:17:18.940><c> it</c><00:17:19.059><c> is</c><00:17:19.220><c> a</c><00:17:19.359><c> commandment,</c><00:17:19.779><c> the</c><00:17:19.880><c> Bible</c><00:17:20.180><c> says</c><00:17:20.539><c> that</c><00:17:20.900><c> we</c>

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must<00:17:21.259><c> love</c><00:17:21.519><c> our</c><00:17:21.700><c> brethren,</c>

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we've<00:17:22.400><c> got</c><00:17:22.500><c> to</c><00:17:22.640><c> love</c><00:17:22.819><c> God,</c><00:17:23.440><c> but</c><00:17:23.599><c> it's</c><00:17:23.700><c> something</c><00:17:23.880><c> you</c><00:17:24.019><c> just</c><00:17:24.319><c> can't</c><00:17:24.599><c> command</c><00:17:24.940><c> to</c><00:17:25.259><c> love.</c>

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So<00:17:25.920><c> the</c><00:17:26.180><c> command</c><00:17:26.599><c> is</c><00:17:26.799><c> that</c><00:17:26.940><c> for</c><00:17:27.079><c> us</c><00:17:27.319><c> to</c><00:17:27.480><c> develop</c><00:17:27.740><c> something</c><00:17:28.140><c> that</c><00:17:28.319><c> will</c><00:17:28.700><c> cause</c><00:17:29.000><c> us</c>

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to<00:17:29.460><c> love.</c>

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But<00:17:30.619><c> you</c><00:17:30.819><c> can't</c><00:17:31.180><c> command</c><00:17:31.500><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:17:31.859><c> no</c><00:17:32.140><c> law</c><00:17:32.400><c> that</c><00:17:32.539><c> says</c><00:17:32.980><c> love</c><00:17:33.460><c> me</c><00:17:33.700><c> or</c><00:17:33.819><c> else.</c>

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You<00:17:34.660><c> just</c><00:17:34.920><c> can't</c><00:17:35.119><c> be</c><00:17:35.319><c> done.</c>

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Joy.

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You<00:17:37.940><c> can't</c><00:17:38.200><c> go</c><00:17:38.359><c> to</c><00:17:38.519><c> a</c><00:17:38.700><c> brother</c><00:17:39.019><c> and</c><00:17:39.400><c> say,</c><00:17:39.900><c> brother,</c><00:17:39.920><c> I</c><00:17:40.200><c> command</c>

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you<00:17:40.859><c> to</c><00:17:41.079><c> rejoice.</c>

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You've<00:17:41.940><c> got</c><00:17:41.940><c> to</c><00:17:42.259><c> laugh</c><00:17:42.259><c> his</c><00:17:42.420><c> head</c><00:17:42.519><c> off.</c>

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He<00:17:43.140><c> mightn't</c><00:17:43.500><c> be</c><00:17:43.599><c> in</c><00:17:43.680><c> the</c><00:17:43.799><c> mood</c><00:17:43.940><c> to</c><00:17:44.119><c> do</c><00:17:44.220><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:17:45.200><c> ridiculous</c><00:17:45.759><c> to</c><00:17:46.039><c> suggest</c><00:17:46.400><c> that</c><00:17:46.680><c> we</c><00:17:46.799><c> could</c><00:17:47.019><c> legislate.</c>

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You<00:17:48.039><c> can't</c><00:17:48.339><c> say</c><00:17:48.440><c> to</c><00:17:48.559><c> a</c><00:17:48.720><c> person,</c><00:17:49.279><c> be</c><00:17:49.339><c> at</c><00:17:49.599><c> peace.</c>

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I<00:17:50.220><c> command</c><00:17:50.779><c> you</c><00:17:50.920><c> to</c><00:17:51.000><c> be</c><00:17:51.119><c> at</c><00:17:51.299><c> peace.</c>

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If<00:17:52.119><c> circumstances</c><00:17:52.619><c> in</c><00:17:52.759><c> their</c><00:17:52.920><c> life</c><00:17:53.099><c> are</c><00:17:53.259><c> such</c><00:17:53.440><c> that</c><00:17:53.619><c> peace</c><00:17:53.880><c> is</c>

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not<00:17:54.259><c> in</c><00:17:54.420><c> their</c><00:17:54.660><c> mind,</c><00:17:55.259><c> or</c><00:17:55.359><c> that's</c><00:17:55.559><c> not</c>

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the<00:17:55.980><c> dominating</c><00:17:56.400><c> feature</c><00:17:56.720><c> of</c><00:17:56.900><c> their</c><00:17:57.000><c> life,</c><00:17:57.160><c> there's</c><00:17:57.299><c> no</c><00:17:57.539><c> words</c><00:17:57.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:58.099><c> world</c><00:17:58.259><c> that's</c><00:17:58.440><c> going</c><00:17:58.519><c> to</c><00:17:58.599><c> give</c>

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them<00:17:58.940><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:17:59.940><c> so</c><00:18:00.059><c> it</c><00:18:00.119><c> goes</c><00:18:00.359><c> on.</c>

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Long<00:18:01.299><c> sufferings.</c>

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That's<00:18:03.940><c> a</c><00:18:04.099><c> characteristic</c><00:18:04.339><c> you</c><00:18:04.579><c> can't</c><00:18:04.940><c> command.</c>

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Gentleness.

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You<00:18:07.640><c> can't</c><00:18:08.039><c> command</c><00:18:08.380><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:09.019><c> so</c><00:18:09.119><c> you</c><00:18:09.200><c> have</c><00:18:09.299><c> to</c><00:18:09.359><c> go</c><00:18:09.480><c> right</c><00:18:09.720><c> down</c><00:18:09.960><c> through</c><00:18:10.180><c> that</c><00:18:10.420><c> list.</c>

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Even<00:18:11.400><c> temperance.</c>

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Self<00:18:12.740><c>-control</c><00:18:13.440><c> is</c><00:18:14.980><c> something</c><00:18:15.380><c> brethren</c><00:18:15.660><c> and</c><00:18:15.859><c> sisters</c><00:18:15.880><c> you</c>

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can't<00:18:16.500><c> command.</c>

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You<00:18:17.740><c> can</c><00:18:18.000><c> command</c><00:18:18.339><c> a</c><00:18:18.539><c> person</c><00:18:18.720><c> that</c><00:18:18.859><c> they've</c><00:18:19.079><c> got</c><00:18:19.180><c> to</c><00:18:19.299><c> be</c><00:18:19.460><c> controlled</c><00:18:19.740><c> and</c><00:18:19.900><c> therefore</c><00:18:20.099><c> I</c>

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command<00:18:20.759><c> you</c>

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to<00:18:21.220><c> be</c><00:18:21.220><c> controlled.</c>

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But<00:18:21.940><c> when</c><00:18:22.160><c> a</c><00:18:22.220><c> person</c><00:18:22.500><c> is</c><00:18:22.980><c> self</c><00:18:23.259><c>-controlled,</c><00:18:24.440><c> there's</c><00:18:24.500><c> something</c><00:18:24.660><c> that</c><00:18:24.819><c> you</c><00:18:25.039><c> can't</c><00:18:25.339><c> command</c><00:18:25.559><c> him</c><00:18:25.680><c> to</c><00:18:25.799><c> do.</c>

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He's<00:18:26.440><c> got</c><00:18:26.500><c> to</c><00:18:26.599><c> get</c><00:18:26.660><c> into</c><00:18:26.819><c> a</c><00:18:27.019><c> frame</c><00:18:27.160><c> of</c><00:18:27.380><c> mind</c><00:18:27.559><c> where</c><00:18:27.819><c> he</c><00:18:28.180><c> will</c>

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become<00:18:28.859><c> self</c><00:18:29.180><c>-controlled.</c>

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And<00:18:30.039><c> no</c><00:18:30.240><c> law</c><00:18:30.380><c> in</c><00:18:30.519><c> the</c><00:18:30.740><c> world</c><00:18:30.940><c> is</c><00:18:31.140><c> going</c><00:18:31.220><c> to</c><00:18:31.299><c> make</c><00:18:31.400><c> him</c><00:18:31.599><c> do</c><00:18:31.740><c> that.</c>

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So<00:18:32.980><c> there's</c><00:18:33.119><c> not</c><00:18:33.420><c> one</c><00:18:33.640><c> of</c><00:18:33.700><c> those</c><00:18:34.079><c> characteristics</c><00:18:34.500><c> really</c><00:18:34.980><c> upon</c><00:18:35.259><c> examination</c><00:18:35.859><c> that</c><00:18:36.099><c> can</c><00:18:36.279><c> be</c><00:18:36.599><c> commanded.</c>

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There's<00:18:37.380><c> got</c><00:18:37.480><c> to</c><00:18:37.579><c> be</c><00:18:37.779><c> some</c><00:18:37.980><c> other</c><00:18:38.200><c> principle</c><00:18:38.460><c> in</c><00:18:38.619><c> that</c><00:18:38.759><c> man</c><00:18:38.960><c> or</c>

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woman's<00:18:39.579><c> life</c><00:18:39.839><c> to</c><00:18:40.319><c> do</c><00:18:40.440><c> what</c><00:18:40.619><c> under</c>

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normal<00:18:41.259><c> circumstances</c><00:18:42.140><c> heaven</c><00:18:42.779><c> and</c><00:18:42.980><c> earth</c><00:18:43.119><c> could</c><00:18:43.359><c> not</c><00:18:43.500><c> move</c>

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them<00:18:43.819><c> to</c><00:18:44.000><c> do.</c>

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So<00:18:45.519><c> that</c><00:18:45.619><c> you</c><00:18:45.740><c> see</c><00:18:45.859><c> there</c><00:18:46.000><c> are</c><00:18:46.180><c> many</c><00:18:46.400><c> reasons</c><00:18:46.960><c> why</c><00:18:47.619><c> this</c><00:18:47.980><c> 11th</c>

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chapter<00:18:48.579><c> of</c><00:18:48.720><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:48.980><c> has</c><00:18:49.160><c> been</c><00:18:49.380><c> written</c>

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to<00:18:50.200><c> demonstrate</c><00:18:50.700><c> the</c><00:18:50.940><c> power</c><00:18:51.240><c> of</c><00:18:51.579><c> faith</c><00:18:51.660><c> in</c><00:18:51.880><c> a</c><00:18:52.019><c> man</c><00:18:52.180><c> or</c><00:18:52.319><c> a</c><00:18:52.460><c> woman's</c><00:18:52.779><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:53.859><c> I</c><00:18:53.960><c> believe</c><00:18:54.319><c> two</c><00:18:54.559><c> of</c><00:18:54.700><c> the</c><00:18:54.819><c> greatest</c><00:18:55.099><c> are,</c><00:18:55.460><c> as</c><00:18:55.559><c> I</c><00:18:55.720><c> say</c><00:18:55.980><c> three</c>

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of<00:18:56.380><c> them</c><00:18:56.579><c> say</c><00:18:56.799><c> perhaps,</c><00:18:57.539><c> one</c><00:18:57.740><c> is</c><00:18:57.960><c> to</c>

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demonstrate<00:18:58.559><c> its</c><00:18:58.839><c> power</c><00:18:59.019><c> above</c><00:18:59.279><c> the</c><00:18:59.519><c> law.</c>

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The<00:19:03.240><c> other</c><00:19:03.380><c> is</c><00:19:03.559><c> of</c><00:19:03.779><c> course</c><00:19:04.500><c> because</c><00:19:05.900><c> the</c><00:19:06.220><c> law</c><00:19:06.400><c> is</c><00:19:06.799><c> restrictive</c>

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and<00:19:08.359><c> it</c><00:19:08.559><c> doesn't</c><00:19:08.779><c> develop</c><00:19:09.259><c> character,</c>

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it's<00:19:10.859><c> faith</c><00:19:11.019><c> that</c><00:19:11.259><c> develops</c><00:19:11.500><c> character.</c>

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And<00:19:13.279><c> of</c><00:19:13.460><c> course</c><00:19:13.619><c> finally</c><00:19:14.079><c> the</c><00:19:14.400><c> chapter</c><00:19:14.579><c> has</c><00:19:14.759><c> been</c><00:19:14.900><c> written</c><00:19:15.079><c> to</c>

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demonstrate<00:19:15.779><c> in</c><00:19:16.079><c> a</c><00:19:16.259><c> practical</c><00:19:16.579><c> way</c>

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how<00:19:17.039><c> that</c><00:19:17.119><c> was</c><00:19:17.380><c> done,</c><00:19:17.920><c> how</c><00:19:18.019><c> that</c><00:19:18.119><c> it</c><00:19:18.220><c> was</c><00:19:18.319><c> actually</c><00:19:18.619><c> put</c><00:19:18.779><c> into</c>

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practice<00:19:19.279><c> in</c><00:19:19.480><c> that</c><00:19:19.680><c> way.</c>

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And<00:19:20.460><c> as</c><00:19:20.539><c> I</c><00:19:20.640><c> say</c><00:19:20.740><c> Paul</c><00:19:21.039><c> prefaces</c><00:19:21.480><c> each</c><00:19:21.940><c> time</c><00:19:22.500><c> his</c><00:19:22.900><c> remarks</c><00:19:23.299><c> with</c>

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might<00:19:26.440><c> never</c><00:19:26.900><c> forget</c><00:19:27.460><c> that</c><00:19:27.799><c> that's</c><00:19:28.039><c> the</c><00:19:28.180><c> principle</c><00:19:28.460><c> involved.</c>

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Now<00:19:29.579><c> under</c><00:19:30.019><c> those</c><00:19:30.339><c> circumstances</c><00:19:31.039><c> if</c><00:19:31.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:31.839><c> had</c><00:19:32.059><c> been</c><00:19:32.279><c> following</c><00:19:32.480><c> him</c>

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carefully<00:19:33.000><c> in</c><00:19:33.240><c> chapter</c><00:19:33.480><c> 10</c>

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take<00:19:42.779><c> the</c><00:19:42.960><c> 1st</c><00:19:43.160><c> of</c><00:19:43.299><c> John,</c><00:19:43.500><c> don't</c><00:19:43.759><c> turn</c><00:19:43.880><c> this</c><00:19:44.039><c> one</c><00:19:44.140><c> up,</c>

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1st<00:19:44.799><c> of</c><00:19:44.940><c> John</c><00:19:45.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.420><c> 5</c><00:19:45.819><c> and</c><00:19:45.980><c> verse</c><00:19:46.220><c> 4.</c>

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This<00:19:47.500><c> is</c><00:19:47.799><c> the</c><00:19:47.980><c> victory</c><00:19:48.539><c> that</c><00:19:49.119><c> overcomes</c><00:19:49.539><c> the</c><00:19:49.880><c> world,</c><00:19:50.799><c> even</c>

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our<00:19:52.099><c> faith.</c>

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This<00:19:54.660><c> is</c><00:19:55.000><c> the</c><00:19:55.119><c> victory</c><00:19:55.480><c> that</c><00:19:55.759><c> overcomes</c><00:19:56.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.339><c> world,</c><00:19:57.099><c> even</c>

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our<00:19:58.319><c> faith.</c>

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That's<00:19:59.220><c> what</c><00:19:59.380><c> overcomes</c><00:19:59.660><c> the</c><00:19:59.920><c> world.</c>

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Under<00:20:00.799><c> those</c><00:20:01.099><c> circumstances</c><00:20:01.640><c> we</c><00:20:01.920><c> would</c><00:20:02.220><c> love</c><00:20:02.380><c> to</c><00:20:02.619><c> have</c><00:20:02.740><c> a</c><00:20:02.940><c> definition</c><00:20:03.279><c> of</c>

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faith<00:20:03.680><c> because</c><00:20:03.940><c> that's</c>

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going<00:20:04.299><c> to</c><00:20:04.460><c> help</c><00:20:04.599><c> us.</c>

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I<00:20:05.480><c> want</c><00:20:05.619><c> to</c><00:20:05.720><c> know</c><00:20:05.799><c> what</c><00:20:05.960><c> that</c><00:20:06.180><c> power</c><00:20:06.460><c> is.</c>

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I've<00:20:07.200><c> got</c><00:20:07.319><c> a</c><00:20:07.480><c> power</c><00:20:07.599><c> at</c><00:20:07.779><c> my</c><00:20:07.960><c> disposal.</c>

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It's<00:20:10.279><c> there</c><00:20:10.440><c> to</c><00:20:10.660><c> tap.</c>

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All<00:20:11.559><c> we've</c><00:20:11.759><c> got</c><00:20:11.759><c> to</c><00:20:11.839><c> do</c><00:20:11.980><c> is</c><00:20:12.119><c> understand</c><00:20:12.420><c> what</c><00:20:12.640><c> it</c><00:20:12.759><c> is,</c><00:20:13.660><c> tap</c><00:20:13.740><c> into</c><00:20:13.880><c> that</c><00:20:14.059><c> power</c><00:20:14.380><c> and</c>

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it<00:20:14.599><c> can</c><00:20:14.900><c> carry</c><00:20:15.079><c> us</c>

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into<00:20:15.359><c> the</c><00:20:15.500><c> kingdom</c><00:20:15.700><c> of</c><00:20:15.880><c> God.</c>

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Beyond<00:20:16.799><c> the</c><00:20:17.059><c> capabilities</c><00:20:17.480><c> of</c><00:20:17.720><c> ourselves</c><00:20:18.059><c> to</c><00:20:18.220><c> get</c><00:20:18.319><c> ourselves</c><00:20:18.720><c> there.</c>

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To<00:20:19.640><c> cause</c><00:20:19.779><c> us</c><00:20:19.960><c> to</c><00:20:20.099><c> do</c><00:20:20.220><c> things,</c><00:20:20.599><c> brothers</c><00:20:20.680><c> and</c><00:20:20.859><c> sisters,</c><00:20:21.200><c> that</c>

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we<00:20:21.440><c> said</c><00:20:21.579><c> we</c><00:20:21.740><c> couldn't</c><00:20:22.099><c> do.</c>

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To<00:20:23.279><c> cause</c><00:20:23.519><c> us</c><00:20:23.779><c> each</c><00:20:24.140><c> year</c><00:20:24.339><c> in</c><00:20:24.480><c> the</c><00:20:24.640><c> service</c><00:20:24.819><c> of</c><00:20:24.960><c> the</c><00:20:25.119><c> truth</c><00:20:25.220><c> to</c>

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do<00:20:25.539><c> more</c><00:20:25.839><c> and</c><00:20:26.039><c> more,</c><00:20:26.619><c> open</c><00:20:26.740><c> above</c><00:20:26.960><c> the</c>

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advice<00:20:27.420><c> of</c><00:20:27.539><c> people</c><00:20:27.740><c> to</c><00:20:27.940><c> say,</c><00:20:28.319><c> you</c><00:20:28.480><c> know,</c><00:20:28.539><c> you</c><00:20:28.619><c> can</c><00:20:28.759><c> do</c><00:20:28.940><c> too</c><00:20:29.220><c> much.</c>

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You<00:20:29.539><c> think</c><00:20:29.660><c> to</c><00:20:29.759><c> yourself,</c><00:20:30.400><c> yes,</c><00:20:30.599><c> flesh</c><00:20:30.680><c> can</c><00:20:30.819><c> only</c><00:20:30.960><c> do</c><00:20:31.099><c> so</c><00:20:31.400><c> much.</c>

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Yet<00:20:31.900><c> surprisingly</c><00:20:32.500><c> by</c><00:20:32.880><c> faith</c><00:20:33.200><c> you</c><00:20:33.380><c> go</c><00:20:33.619><c> on</c><00:20:33.940><c> and</c><00:20:34.119><c> on</c><00:20:34.420><c> and</c><00:20:34.500><c> on</c>

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beyond<00:20:35.279><c> your</c><00:20:36.420><c> estimation,</c><00:20:37.400><c> your</c><00:20:37.660><c> capabilities</c>

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and<00:20:38.519><c> to</c><00:20:38.720><c> do</c><00:20:38.900><c> things</c><00:20:39.160><c> what</c><00:20:39.339><c> under</c><00:20:39.579><c> normal</c><00:20:39.960><c> circumstances</c><00:20:40.559><c> you</c>

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Now<00:20:42.119><c> what</c><00:20:42.420><c> is</c><00:20:42.660><c> that</c><00:20:42.940><c> power?</c>

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And<00:20:43.819><c> Paul</c><00:20:44.200><c> beautifully</c><00:20:44.880><c> defines</c><00:20:45.240><c> it</c><00:20:45.480><c> for</c><00:20:45.619><c> us.</c>

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You<00:20:48.759><c> imagine</c><00:20:49.099><c> the</c><00:20:49.339><c> Hebrews</c><00:20:49.599><c> mind.</c>

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All<00:20:50.220><c> they</c><00:20:50.400><c> would</c><00:20:50.500><c> have</c><00:20:50.619><c> been</c><00:20:50.740><c> told</c><00:20:50.900><c> all</c><00:20:51.359><c> their</c><00:20:51.619><c> life</c><00:20:51.839><c> of</c><00:20:52.500><c> an</c><00:20:52.660><c> awe</c><00:20:52.859><c>-inspiring</c><00:20:53.680><c> majesty</c><00:20:54.119><c> in</c>

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woe<00:21:01.220><c> betide</c><00:21:01.519><c> you.</c>

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The<00:21:02.160><c> Ten</c><00:21:02.420><c> Commandments.</c>

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He<00:21:03.299><c> drilled</c><00:21:03.400><c> that</c><00:21:03.559><c> into</c><00:21:03.680><c> their</c><00:21:03.900><c> children.</c>

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They<00:21:04.359><c> grew</c><00:21:04.480><c> in</c><00:21:04.619><c> the</c><00:21:04.779><c> manhood</c><00:21:05.220><c> with</c><00:21:05.539><c> the</c><00:21:05.779><c> belief</c><00:21:05.980><c> that</c><00:21:06.519><c> that's</c>

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how<00:21:06.880><c> they're</c><00:21:07.119><c> going</c><00:21:07.119><c> to</c><00:21:07.400><c> please</c><00:21:07.619><c> their</c>

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creator.

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To<00:21:09.099><c> do</c><00:21:09.359><c> the</c><00:21:09.519><c> things</c><00:21:09.660><c> that</c><00:21:09.839><c> he</c><00:21:10.039><c> has</c><00:21:10.299><c> said</c><00:21:10.539><c> and</c><00:21:10.880><c> they</c><00:21:10.960><c> were</c><00:21:11.079><c> left</c>

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to<00:21:11.420><c> their</c><00:21:11.599><c> own</c><00:21:11.880><c> resources,</c><00:21:12.440><c> their</c><00:21:12.500><c> own</c>

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willpower,<00:21:13.380><c> their</c><00:21:13.519><c> own</c><00:21:13.880><c> strength,</c><00:21:14.740><c> and</c><00:21:14.880><c> woe</c><00:21:15.140><c> betide</c><00:21:15.460><c> them</c><00:21:15.579><c> as</c>

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And<00:21:16.720><c> the</c><00:21:16.819><c> result,</c><00:21:17.539><c> as</c><00:21:17.640><c> Paul</c><00:21:17.799><c> pointed</c><00:21:18.039><c> out</c><00:21:18.180><c> in</c><00:21:18.299><c> his</c><00:21:18.480><c> epistles,</c><00:21:19.299><c> misery.</c>

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Misery.

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Because<00:21:21.819><c> men</c><00:21:22.359><c> and</c><00:21:22.640><c> women</c><00:21:22.940><c> failed.</c>

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They<00:21:23.799><c> grew</c><00:21:23.980><c> despondent</c><00:21:24.519><c> and</c><00:21:24.720><c> dejected.</c>

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And<00:21:25.660><c> of</c><00:21:25.859><c> course,</c><00:21:26.599><c> feeling</c><00:21:26.619><c> they</c><00:21:26.779><c> could</c><00:21:27.019><c> never</c><00:21:27.339><c> live</c><00:21:27.559><c> up</c><00:21:27.740><c> to</c>

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those<00:21:28.079><c> principles,</c><00:21:29.259><c> they</c><00:21:29.299><c> become,</c><00:21:30.240><c> some</c>

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of<00:21:30.720><c> them</c><00:21:30.940><c> just</c><00:21:31.259><c> become</c><00:21:31.759><c> worldly.</c>

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Because<00:21:32.619><c> what</c><00:21:32.819><c> else</c><00:21:33.000><c> was</c><00:21:33.180><c> left</c><00:21:33.279><c> for</c><00:21:33.500><c> them?</c>

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They<00:21:33.859><c> had</c><00:21:34.099><c> failed.</c>

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Flesh<00:21:34.740><c> had</c><00:21:35.000><c> failed.</c>

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What<00:21:35.420><c> was</c><00:21:35.640><c> left?</c>

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They<00:21:36.900><c> didn't</c><00:21:37.160><c> understand</c><00:21:37.640><c> them</c><00:21:37.819><c> at</c><00:21:37.980><c> all.</c>

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That<00:21:39.599><c> one</c><00:21:39.819><c> thing</c><00:21:39.960><c> was</c><00:21:40.240><c> left.</c>

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One<00:21:41.180><c> person</c><00:21:41.559><c> was</c><00:21:41.779><c> left.</c>

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God<00:21:42.259><c> in</c><00:21:42.440><c> heaven</c><00:21:42.640><c> above.</c>

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He<00:21:43.960><c> would</c><00:21:44.160><c> never</c><00:21:44.440><c> fail</c><00:21:44.660><c> them.</c>

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But<00:21:45.299><c> they</c><00:21:45.519><c> were</c><00:21:45.819><c> never</c><00:21:46.039><c> brought</c><00:21:46.259><c> up</c><00:21:46.519><c> that</c><00:21:46.759><c> way</c><00:21:46.940><c> of</c><00:21:47.119><c> thinking.</c>

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So<00:21:48.059><c> Paul</c><00:21:48.240><c> gives</c><00:21:48.480><c> them</c><00:21:48.799><c> a</c><00:21:48.980><c> concise</c><00:21:49.519><c> definition.</c>

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Now<00:21:51.380><c> faith</c><00:21:51.680><c> is</c><00:21:52.599><c> the</c><00:21:52.980><c> substance</c><00:21:53.599><c> of</c><00:21:54.099><c> things</c><00:21:54.359><c> hoped</c><00:21:54.759><c> for,</c><00:21:55.700><c> the</c>

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evidence<00:21:56.180><c> of</c><00:21:56.500><c> things</c><00:21:56.920><c> not</c><00:21:57.619><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:22:00.140><c> that</c><00:22:00.259><c> in</c><00:22:00.400><c> itself</c><00:22:00.740><c> is</c><00:22:00.960><c> a</c><00:22:01.180><c> contradiction.</c>

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In<00:22:03.180><c> terms,</c><00:22:03.900><c> that</c><00:22:03.900><c> is.</c>

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But<00:22:04.759><c> not</c><00:22:04.940><c> in</c><00:22:05.180><c> principle.</c>

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Faith<00:22:07.019><c> is</c><00:22:07.680><c> the</c><00:22:08.119><c> substance</c><00:22:08.940><c> of</c><00:22:10.019><c> things</c><00:22:10.700><c> hoped</c><00:22:11.279><c> for.</c>

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Now<00:22:12.920><c> the</c><00:22:13.140><c> word</c><00:22:13.500><c> substance,</c><00:22:14.420><c> hypostasis,</c><00:22:15.779><c> the</c><00:22:15.960><c> Greek</c><00:22:16.160><c> word</c><00:22:16.500><c> hypostasis,</c><00:22:17.440><c> which</c><00:22:17.559><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:18.039><c> common</c><00:22:18.200><c> word</c><00:22:18.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:19.259><c> book</c><00:22:19.440><c> of</c><00:22:19.640><c> Hebrews,</c><00:22:20.799><c> means</c><00:22:21.220><c> a</c><00:22:21.839><c> standing</c><00:22:22.279><c> under.</c>

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Or,<00:22:23.799><c> I</c><00:22:23.940><c> suppose</c><00:22:24.220><c> another</c><00:22:24.400><c> way</c><00:22:24.619><c> of</c><00:22:24.640><c> putting</c><00:22:24.819><c> it,</c><00:22:25.160><c> is</c><00:22:25.299><c> a</c><00:22:25.539><c> foundation.</c>

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It's<00:22:27.579><c> a</c><00:22:27.640><c> substantial</c><00:22:28.799><c> foundation</c><00:22:29.799><c> for</c><00:22:30.779><c> the</c><00:22:30.980><c> things</c><00:22:31.259><c> for</c><00:22:31.500><c> which</c><00:22:31.660><c> we</c><00:22:32.000><c> hope.</c>

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Now<00:22:32.920><c> you</c><00:22:32.960><c> know</c><00:22:33.119><c> what</c><00:22:33.200><c> hope's</c><00:22:33.619><c> like.</c>

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You<00:22:34.259><c> express</c><00:22:34.640><c> hope</c><00:22:34.940><c> in</c><00:22:35.119><c> the</c><00:22:35.319><c> terms</c><00:22:35.460><c> of</c><00:22:35.599><c> the</c><00:22:35.759><c> world.</c>

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I<00:22:36.900><c> hope</c><00:22:37.380><c> something</c><00:22:37.700><c> will</c><00:22:37.960><c> happen.</c>

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Now<00:22:38.839><c> it's</c><00:22:39.119><c> so</c><00:22:39.420><c> vague,</c><00:22:39.819><c> isn't</c><00:22:39.940><c> it?</c>

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That<00:22:40.480><c> the</c><00:22:40.680><c> hope</c><00:22:41.099><c> could</c><00:22:41.519><c> be</c><00:22:42.220><c> so</c><00:22:42.460><c> unreal.</c>

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The<00:22:43.819><c> possibilities</c><00:22:44.140><c> of</c><00:22:44.299><c> having</c><00:22:44.500><c> could</c><00:22:44.720><c> be</c><00:22:45.000><c> so</c><00:22:45.180><c> remote.</c>

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But<00:22:46.359><c> we</c><00:22:46.759><c> say</c><00:22:46.960><c> we</c><00:22:47.319><c> hope</c><00:22:47.559><c> against</c><00:22:47.960><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:22:48.859><c> hope</c><00:22:49.460><c> something</c><00:22:49.740><c> will</c><00:22:50.019><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:22:50.680><c> we</c><00:22:50.759><c> think</c><00:22:50.900><c> to</c><00:22:51.019><c> ourselves</c><00:22:51.319><c> of</c><00:22:51.559><c> all</c><00:22:51.700><c> the</c><00:22:51.980><c> possibilities</c>

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and<00:22:52.680><c> all</c><00:22:52.819><c> the</c><00:22:53.019><c> possibilities</c><00:22:53.500><c> are</c><00:22:54.000><c> that</c><00:22:54.259><c> will</c><00:22:54.400><c> happen</c>

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exactly<00:22:54.920><c> the</c><00:22:55.180><c> opposite</c><00:22:55.319><c> of</c><00:22:55.460><c> what</c><00:22:55.519><c> we</c><00:22:55.720><c> hope</c><00:22:55.900><c> for.</c>

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Now<00:22:57.099><c> there's</c><00:22:57.519><c> no</c><00:22:57.799><c> faith</c><00:22:58.019><c> whatever</c><00:22:58.319><c> in</c><00:22:58.539><c> that.</c>

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There's<00:23:00.160><c> nothing</c><00:23:00.359><c> standing</c><00:23:00.720><c> underneath.</c>

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We've<00:23:01.359><c> got</c><00:23:01.460><c> no</c><00:23:01.680><c> foundation.</c>

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We've<00:23:02.319><c> got</c><00:23:02.440><c> no</c><00:23:02.779><c> solidity.</c>

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So<00:23:03.339><c> that's</c><00:23:03.680><c> hope.</c>

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The<00:23:04.599><c> hope's</c><00:23:04.960><c> a</c><00:23:05.039><c> vague</c><00:23:05.279><c> one</c><00:23:05.619><c> and</c><00:23:05.980><c> it's</c><00:23:06.460><c> almost</c><00:23:06.700><c> a</c><00:23:06.980><c> vain</c><00:23:07.259><c> hope.</c>

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It's<00:23:08.279><c> a</c><00:23:08.440><c> hopeless</c><00:23:08.880><c> hope.</c>

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Well<00:23:10.359><c> faith's</c><00:23:10.619><c> not</c><00:23:10.859><c> like</c><00:23:11.200><c> that.</c>

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Faith<00:23:12.019><c> is</c><00:23:12.319><c> the</c><00:23:12.619><c> substratum</c><00:23:13.460><c> of</c><00:23:13.680><c> the</c><00:23:13.880><c> things</c><00:23:14.099><c> for</c><00:23:14.380><c> which</c><00:23:14.579><c> we</c><00:23:14.940><c> hope.</c>

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It's<00:23:15.460><c> the</c><00:23:15.660><c> foundation.</c>

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Let's<00:23:17.420><c> have</c><00:23:17.519><c> a</c><00:23:17.599><c> look</c><00:23:17.680><c> at</c><00:23:17.759><c> this</c><00:23:17.940><c> word,</c><00:23:18.660><c> hypostasis,</c><00:23:19.119><c> to</c><00:23:19.299><c> understand</c><00:23:19.660><c> its</c><00:23:19.900><c> uses.</c>

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In<00:23:21.079><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:21.380><c> chapter</c><00:23:21.680><c> one</c><00:23:21.960><c> it</c><00:23:22.099><c> is</c><00:23:22.339><c> used.</c>

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And<00:23:24.319><c> in</c><00:23:24.500><c> these</c><00:23:24.759><c> two</c><00:23:25.059><c> contexts</c><00:23:25.500><c> I</c><00:23:25.700><c> want</c><00:23:25.839><c> to</c><00:23:25.940><c> quote</c><00:23:26.119><c> to</c><00:23:26.400><c> you,</c>

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I<00:23:27.299><c> hope</c><00:23:27.480><c> we</c><00:23:27.700><c> get</c><00:23:27.819><c> a</c><00:23:28.019><c> better</c><00:23:28.319><c> appreciation</c><00:23:28.940><c> of</c><00:23:29.119><c> that</c><00:23:29.319><c> word,</c><00:23:29.759><c> hypostasis,</c><00:23:30.779><c> the</c><00:23:30.980><c> substance.</c>

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Now<00:23:37.319><c> we've</c><00:23:37.420><c> been</c><00:23:37.680><c> through</c><00:23:37.839><c> this</c><00:23:38.039><c> together</c><00:23:38.420><c> many</c><00:23:38.740><c> moons</c><00:23:39.019><c> ago</c>

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in<00:23:39.859><c> chapter</c><00:23:40.059><c> one</c><00:23:40.259><c> and</c><00:23:40.420><c> verse</c><00:23:40.640><c> three.</c>

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Speaking<00:23:41.880><c> about</c><00:23:42.099><c> the</c><00:23:42.240><c> Lord</c><00:23:42.420><c> Jesus</c><00:23:42.799><c> Christ</c><00:23:43.160><c> as</c><00:23:43.420><c> he</c><00:23:43.559><c> is</c><00:23:43.980><c> now,</c>

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who<00:23:45.980><c> being</c><00:23:46.339><c> the</c><00:23:46.720><c> brightness</c><00:23:47.099><c> of</c><00:23:47.299><c> his</c><00:23:47.579><c> glory</c><00:23:48.119><c> and</c><00:23:49.059><c> the</c><00:23:49.400><c> express</c>

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image<00:23:50.400><c> of</c><00:23:51.440><c> his</c><00:23:51.619><c> hypostasis,</c><00:23:52.779><c> his</c><00:23:53.140><c> person,</c>

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and<00:23:54.579><c> upholding</c><00:23:55.099><c> all</c><00:23:55.460><c> things</c><00:23:55.720><c> by</c><00:23:56.000><c> the</c><00:23:56.299><c> word</c><00:23:56.480><c> of</c><00:23:56.619><c> his</c><00:23:56.900><c> power</c><00:23:57.519><c> when</c><00:23:58.039><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:58.380><c> by</c><00:23:58.660><c> himself</c><00:23:59.160><c> heard</c><00:23:59.579><c> their</c><00:23:59.920><c> sins,</c>

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sat<00:24:01.299><c> down</c><00:24:01.660><c> on</c><00:24:01.839><c> the</c><00:24:02.059><c> right</c><00:24:02.380><c> hand</c><00:24:02.579><c> of</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:02.940><c> majesty</c><00:24:03.559><c> on</c><00:24:04.099><c> high.</c>

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Now<00:24:05.799><c> let's</c><00:24:06.160><c> leave</c><00:24:06.440><c> it</c><00:24:06.559><c> to</c><00:24:06.660><c> the</c><00:24:06.859><c> class</c><00:24:07.099><c> here</c><00:24:07.299><c> just</c><00:24:07.500><c> to</c><00:24:07.819><c> express</c>

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their<00:24:08.599><c> ideas</c><00:24:09.019><c> on</c><00:24:09.240><c> this.</c>

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What<00:24:09.940><c> do</c><00:24:10.099><c> you</c><00:24:10.200><c> think</c><00:24:10.420><c> Paul's</c><00:24:10.960><c> purpose</c><00:24:11.160><c> would</c><00:24:11.480><c> be</c><00:24:11.779><c> in</c><00:24:12.079><c> using</c>

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the<00:24:12.539><c> word</c><00:24:12.740><c> there</c>

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that<00:24:13.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:14.099><c> Christ</c><00:24:14.500><c> is</c><00:24:14.759><c> the</c><00:24:15.240><c> express</c><00:24:15.799><c> image</c><00:24:16.299><c> of</c><00:24:16.619><c> God's</c>

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hypostasis,<00:24:18.319><c> substance?</c>

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What's<00:24:19.220><c> his</c><00:24:19.400><c> purpose</c><00:24:19.859><c> in</c><00:24:20.079><c> that</c><00:24:20.279><c> verse</c><00:24:20.440><c> in</c><00:24:20.619><c> using</c><00:24:20.839><c> that</c><00:24:21.019><c> word</c><00:24:21.240><c> there?</c>

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This<00:24:26.700><c> is</c><00:24:26.859><c> what</c><00:24:27.039><c> faith</c><00:24:27.259><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:24:28.619><c> the</c><00:24:28.779><c> substance</c><00:24:29.180><c> of</c><00:24:29.400><c> things</c><00:24:29.559><c> hoped</c><00:24:29.880><c> for.</c>

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Now<00:24:30.319><c> what's</c><00:24:30.559><c> the</c><00:24:30.640><c> purpose</c><00:24:30.940><c> of</c><00:24:31.119><c> using</c><00:24:31.319><c> it</c><00:24:31.480><c> there</c><00:24:31.599><c> in</c><00:24:31.720><c> that</c><00:24:31.880><c> verse?</c>

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Yes,<00:24:44.460><c> yes,</c><00:24:44.839><c> in</c><00:24:44.980><c> the</c><00:24:45.279><c> book</c><00:24:45.440><c> of</c><00:24:45.619><c> Revelation,</c><00:24:46.180><c> in</c><00:24:46.279><c> the</c><00:24:46.500><c> same</c><00:24:46.880><c> state</c><00:24:47.180><c> as</c>

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he's<00:24:47.579><c> described,</c>

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it's<00:24:48.180><c> the</c><00:24:48.319><c> beginning</c><00:24:48.579><c> of</c><00:24:48.759><c> the</c><00:24:48.880><c> creation</c><00:24:49.160><c> of</c><00:24:49.420><c> God,</c><00:24:49.599><c> yes.</c>

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That's<00:24:51.480><c> one</c><00:24:51.640><c> expression.</c>

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Anybody<00:24:52.519><c> else</c><00:24:52.700><c> want</c><00:24:52.880><c> to</c><00:24:53.099><c> offer</c><00:24:53.220><c> their</c><00:24:53.420><c> suggestion,</c><00:24:54.380><c> Heather?</c>

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The<00:24:58.880><c> law</c><00:24:59.200><c> had</c><00:24:59.400><c> been</c><00:24:59.619><c> the</c><00:24:59.859><c> shadows,</c><00:25:00.420><c> but</c><00:25:00.619><c> he</c><00:25:00.819><c> was</c><00:25:01.140><c> the</c><00:25:01.599><c> substance.</c>

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He's<00:25:02.759><c> not</c><00:25:03.079><c> dealing</c><00:25:03.440><c> there,</c><00:25:03.839><c> Heather,</c><00:25:04.039><c> with</c><00:25:04.460><c> the</c><00:25:05.160><c> law</c><00:25:05.380><c> as</c><00:25:05.619><c> such.</c>

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He's<00:25:05.900><c> dealing</c><00:25:06.140><c> with</c><00:25:06.400><c> Christ's</c><00:25:06.880><c> relationship</c><00:25:07.380><c> to</c><00:25:07.599><c> his</c><00:25:07.839><c> father,</c><00:25:08.200><c> isn't</c><00:25:08.420><c> he?</c>

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But<00:25:13.180><c> he</c><00:25:13.839><c> was</c><00:25:14.039><c> that</c><00:25:14.359><c> much</c><00:25:14.559><c> before,</c><00:25:15.240><c> wasn't</c><00:25:15.480><c> he?</c>

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See,<00:25:16.440><c> John</c><00:25:16.640><c> says</c><00:25:16.779><c> we</c><00:25:17.000><c> beheld</c><00:25:17.299><c> his</c><00:25:17.579><c> glory</c><00:25:17.859><c> in</c><00:25:18.259><c> the</c><00:25:19.880><c> state</c><00:25:20.099><c> of</c><00:25:20.319><c> mortality,</c><00:25:20.799><c> he</c><00:25:20.920><c> says,</c>

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and<00:25:21.500><c> the</c><00:25:21.700><c> word</c><00:25:21.859><c> was</c><00:25:22.099><c> made</c><00:25:22.400><c> flesh.</c>

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In<00:25:22.839><c> this</c><00:25:23.200><c> verse</c><00:25:23.539><c> he</c><00:25:24.279><c> is</c><00:25:24.559><c> dealing</c><00:25:24.700><c> with</c><00:25:24.920><c> Christ</c><00:25:25.279><c> on</c><00:25:25.619><c> the</c><00:25:25.839><c> right</c>

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hand<00:25:26.119><c> of</c><00:25:26.240><c> the</c><00:25:26.420><c> father.</c>

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Now<00:25:26.880><c> why</c><00:25:27.140><c> is</c><00:25:27.299><c> he</c><00:25:27.619><c> using</c><00:25:27.619><c> the</c><00:25:27.660><c> word</c><00:25:27.900><c> hypostasis</c><00:25:28.619><c> there?</c>

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Oh,<00:25:33.160><c> now</c><00:25:33.400><c> we're</c><00:25:33.579><c> getting</c><00:25:33.880><c> somewhere</c><00:25:34.180><c> near</c><00:25:34.420><c> it</c><00:25:34.619><c> now.</c>

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His<00:25:36.240><c> likeness</c><00:25:36.640><c> in</c><00:25:36.960><c> character,</c><00:25:37.299><c> he</c><00:25:37.460><c> was</c><00:25:37.700><c> like</c><00:25:37.900><c> God</c><00:25:38.099><c> in</c><00:25:38.359><c> character</c><00:25:38.599><c> before,</c>

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wasn't<00:25:39.700><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:25:42.279><c> like</c><00:25:42.480><c> God</c><00:25:42.799><c> before</c><00:25:43.279><c> mentally.</c>

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He's<00:25:45.579><c> like</c><00:25:45.779><c> him</c><00:25:45.920><c> in</c><00:25:46.039><c> every</c><00:25:46.240><c> way.</c>

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That's<00:25:48.200><c> what</c><00:25:48.380><c> the</c><00:25:48.480><c> use</c><00:25:48.640><c> of</c><00:25:48.799><c> the</c><00:25:48.819><c> word</c><00:25:48.920><c> is.</c>

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In<00:25:49.299><c> other</c><00:25:49.519><c> words,</c><00:25:50.180><c> I</c><00:25:50.180><c> think</c><00:25:50.380><c> Brother</c><00:25:50.619><c> Carter</c><00:25:50.920><c> uses</c><00:25:51.220><c> this</c><00:25:51.460><c> expression,</c>

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I<00:25:51.980><c> think</c><00:25:52.140><c> it's</c><00:25:52.279><c> Brother</c><00:25:52.420><c> Carter,</c><00:25:52.779><c> it's</c><00:25:52.839><c> one</c><00:25:52.940><c> of</c><00:25:53.059><c> the</c><00:25:53.220><c> pioneers</c><00:25:53.420><c> anyway,</c>

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they<00:25:54.039><c> use</c><00:25:54.180><c> this</c><00:25:54.420><c> expression,</c><00:25:54.799><c> and</c><00:25:54.940><c> I</c><00:25:55.000><c> think</c><00:25:55.059><c> it's</c><00:25:55.259><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:25:55.819><c> expression,</c>

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that<00:25:57.240><c> the</c><00:25:57.400><c> word</c><00:25:57.599><c> is</c><00:25:57.880><c> chosen</c><00:25:58.180><c> there</c><00:25:58.500><c> to</c><00:25:58.720><c> show</c><00:25:58.920><c> that</c><00:25:59.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:59.539><c> Christ</c><00:25:59.920><c> now</c>

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:03.299
is<00:26:00.619><c> really</c><00:26:01.059><c> all</c><00:26:01.420><c> that</c><00:26:01.619><c> God</c><00:26:01.960><c> really</c><00:26:02.400><c> is.</c>

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.839
Now<00:26:05.019><c> that's</c><00:26:05.299><c> the</c><00:26:05.400><c> idea</c><00:26:05.579><c> of</c><00:26:05.740><c> the</c><00:26:05.779><c> word</c><00:26:05.980><c> hypostasis.</c>

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There<00:26:07.440><c> he</c><00:26:07.539><c> is</c><00:26:07.660><c> on</c><00:26:07.819><c> the</c><00:26:07.960><c> right</c><00:26:08.119><c> hand</c><00:26:08.220><c> of</c><00:26:08.339><c> the</c><00:26:08.480><c> father.</c>

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:13.940
He<00:26:09.259><c> was</c><00:26:09.480><c> the</c><00:26:09.799><c> mental</c><00:26:10.259><c> and</c><00:26:11.299><c> moral</c><00:26:11.759><c> manifestation</c><00:26:12.500><c> of</c><00:26:12.700><c> his</c><00:26:12.859><c> father</c><00:26:13.000><c> before</c><00:26:13.500><c> that</c><00:26:13.779><c> time,</c>

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but<00:26:14.059><c> look</c><00:26:14.200><c> at</c><00:26:14.279><c> him</c><00:26:14.460><c> now.</c>

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Now<00:26:15.460><c> he's</c><00:26:15.880><c> consubstantial.</c>

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He's<00:26:17.200><c> of</c><00:26:17.339><c> one</c><00:26:17.519><c> nature</c><00:26:17.839><c> with</c><00:26:18.019><c> his</c><00:26:18.240><c> father.</c>

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He<00:26:18.900><c> can</c><00:26:19.200><c> say</c><00:26:19.359><c> now,</c><00:26:19.680><c> in</c><00:26:19.700><c> a</c><00:26:19.839><c> sense,</c><00:26:20.160><c> perhaps</c><00:26:20.240><c> as</c><00:26:20.420><c> never</c><00:26:20.660><c> before,</c>

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I<00:26:21.819><c> and</c><00:26:21.960><c> the</c><00:26:22.160><c> father</c><00:26:22.359><c> are</c><00:26:22.920><c> one.</c>

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:26.240
Not<00:26:24.660><c> that</c><00:26:24.839><c> we</c><00:26:25.019><c> at</c><00:26:25.099><c> Christendale</c><00:26:25.500><c> is</c><00:26:25.660><c> believing</c><00:26:25.900><c> in</c><00:26:26.079><c> Trinity.</c>

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We<00:26:26.440><c> know</c><00:26:26.619><c> there</c><00:26:26.740><c> are</c><00:26:27.000><c> two</c><00:26:27.180><c> distinct</c><00:26:27.740><c> personalities</c><00:26:28.319><c> in</c>

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heaven<00:26:29.059><c> there,</c>

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two<00:26:29.819><c> distinct</c><00:26:30.319><c> personalities,</c><00:26:30.859><c> and</c><00:26:31.240><c> we</c><00:26:31.400><c> know</c><00:26:31.539><c> that</c><00:26:31.759><c> one</c><00:26:31.900><c> is</c>

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.500
still<00:26:32.519><c> greater</c><00:26:32.880><c> than</c><00:26:33.039><c> the</c><00:26:33.259><c> other,</c>

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and<00:26:33.920><c> always</c><00:26:34.299><c> will</c><00:26:34.539><c> be,</c><00:26:34.660><c> we</c><00:26:34.859><c> know</c><00:26:35.119><c> that.</c>

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But<00:26:35.900><c> as</c><00:26:36.259><c> far</c><00:26:36.519><c> as</c><00:26:36.759><c> the</c><00:26:36.980><c> Lord's</c><00:26:37.500><c> nature,</c><00:26:38.400><c> his</c><00:26:38.559><c> morality,</c><00:26:39.240><c> his</c><00:26:39.420><c> mentality,</c>

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everything<00:26:40.400><c> else</c><00:26:40.599><c> has</c><00:26:40.779><c> been</c><00:26:40.980><c> developed</c><00:26:41.259><c> now,</c>

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:44.420
it<00:26:41.779><c> never</c><00:26:42.099><c> was</c><00:26:42.400><c> anything</c><00:26:42.660><c> else</c><00:26:42.859><c> but</c><00:26:43.000><c> like</c><00:26:43.140><c> the</c><00:26:43.339><c> father's</c><00:26:43.740><c> mentally</c><00:26:43.920><c> and</c><00:26:44.180><c> morally,</c>

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even<00:26:44.920><c> in</c><00:26:45.059><c> the</c><00:26:45.200><c> stage</c><00:26:45.400><c> of</c><00:26:45.640><c> development,</c>

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:48.539
but<00:26:46.460><c> now</c><00:26:46.759><c> that</c><00:26:46.880><c> has</c><00:26:47.019><c> been</c><00:26:47.240><c> brought</c><00:26:47.440><c> to</c><00:26:47.619><c> a</c><00:26:47.799><c> point</c><00:26:47.980><c> where</c><00:26:48.160><c> he</c><00:26:48.299><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:48.920><c> absolute</c><00:26:49.579><c> expression</c>

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:52.900
of<00:26:50.460><c> all</c><00:26:50.920><c> that</c><00:26:51.160><c> God</c><00:26:51.440><c> really</c><00:26:52.160><c> is.</c>

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.500
So<00:26:53.660><c> when</c><00:26:53.779><c> he</c><00:26:53.960><c> steps</c><00:26:54.160><c> upon</c><00:26:54.500><c> the</c><00:26:54.700><c> earth,</c>

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Thomas's<00:26:56.240><c> words</c><00:26:56.400><c> will</c><00:26:56.599><c> be</c><00:26:56.779><c> echoed</c><00:26:56.980><c> by</c><00:26:57.180><c> the</c><00:26:57.380><c> whole</c><00:26:57.640><c> world,</c>

00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:01.000
my<00:26:58.599><c> Lord</c><00:26:59.019><c> and</c><00:26:59.680><c> my</c><00:27:00.140><c> God.</c>

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Our<00:27:02.339><c> God</c><00:27:02.740><c> shall</c><00:27:02.920><c> come,</c><00:27:03.400><c> says</c><00:27:03.519><c> the</c><00:27:03.740><c> scripture,</c>

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.759
and<00:27:04.440><c> he'll</c><00:27:04.579><c> come</c><00:27:04.799><c> in</c><00:27:04.960><c> the</c><00:27:05.119><c> person</c><00:27:05.279><c> of</c><00:27:05.400><c> his</c><00:27:05.559><c> son.</c>

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:08.420
Now<00:27:06.180><c> there's</c><00:27:06.460><c> the</c><00:27:06.539><c> meaning</c><00:27:06.740><c> of</c><00:27:06.900><c> your</c><00:27:06.980><c> word,</c><00:27:07.319><c> hypostasis.</c>

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Absolutely.

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There's<00:27:10.500><c> your</c><00:27:10.619><c> foundation.</c>

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Now<00:27:12.099><c> the</c><00:27:12.180><c> word</c><00:27:12.400><c> is</c><00:27:12.619><c> used</c><00:27:12.819><c> again</c><00:27:13.220><c> in</c><00:27:13.519><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:13.779><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.099><c> 3</c><00:27:14.519><c> and</c>

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verse<00:27:14.940><c> 14.</c>

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It's<00:27:19.819><c> used</c><00:27:19.980><c> here</c><00:27:20.119><c> in</c><00:27:20.240><c> another</c><00:27:20.440><c> context.</c>

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:26.480
In<00:27:23.779><c> the</c><00:27:23.980><c> third</c><00:27:24.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:24.480><c> of</c><00:27:24.640><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:24.839><c> and</c><00:27:24.980><c> verse</c><00:27:25.240><c> 14,</c><00:27:26.000><c> we</c><00:27:26.059><c> read,</c>

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For<00:27:27.039><c> we</c><00:27:27.259><c> are</c><00:27:27.519><c> made</c><00:27:27.759><c> partakers</c><00:27:28.339><c> of</c><00:27:28.599><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:34.980
if<00:27:29.339><c> we</c><00:27:29.559><c> hold</c><00:27:29.839><c> the</c><00:27:30.000><c> beginning</c><00:27:30.599><c> of</c><00:27:30.940><c> our</c><00:27:31.740><c> hypostasis</c><00:27:33.759><c> steadfast</c>

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unto<00:27:36.099><c> the</c><00:27:36.480><c> end.</c>

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The<00:27:37.599><c> word</c><00:27:37.819><c> confidence</c><00:27:38.279><c> is</c><00:27:38.619><c> our</c><00:27:38.900><c> Greek</c><00:27:39.160><c> word.</c>

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:44.339
If<00:27:40.299><c> we</c><00:27:40.519><c> hold</c><00:27:40.720><c> the</c><00:27:40.960><c> beginning</c><00:27:41.339><c> of</c><00:27:41.579><c> our</c><00:27:41.880><c> foundation</c><00:27:42.960><c> steadfast</c>

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unto<00:27:44.619><c> the</c><00:27:44.819><c> end.</c>

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And<00:27:45.460><c> in</c><00:27:45.640><c> that</c><00:27:45.859><c> context,</c><00:27:47.000><c> what</c><00:27:47.079><c> the</c><00:27:47.279><c> apostle</c><00:27:47.599><c> Paul</c><00:27:47.859><c> is</c><00:27:48.140><c> showing</c>

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.240
the<00:27:48.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:48.859><c> there,</c>

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:53.099
that<00:27:49.619><c> they</c><00:27:49.940><c> never</c><00:27:50.400><c> had</c><00:27:50.640><c> any</c><00:27:51.140><c> doubt</c><00:27:51.440><c> whatever</c><00:27:52.140><c> as</c><00:27:52.500><c> to</c><00:27:52.599><c> the</c><00:27:52.740><c> beginning</c><00:27:52.920><c> of</c>

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their<00:27:53.299><c> faith,</c>

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why<00:27:54.160><c> should</c><00:27:54.480><c> not</c><00:27:54.619><c> they</c><00:27:54.819><c> continue</c><00:27:55.279><c> right</c><00:27:55.539><c> to</c><00:27:55.700><c> the</c><00:27:55.720><c> very</c><00:27:56.000><c> end</c><00:27:56.099><c> in</c>

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.380
the<00:27:56.359><c> same</c><00:27:56.599><c> attitude</c><00:27:56.880><c> of</c><00:27:57.140><c> mine?</c>

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So<00:27:58.000><c> in</c><00:27:58.119><c> that</c><00:27:58.319><c> context,</c><00:27:58.980><c> the</c><00:27:58.980><c> word</c><00:27:59.180><c> hypostasis</c><00:27:59.799><c> is</c><00:28:00.519><c> correctly</c>

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.359
rendered<00:28:01.220><c> confidence.</c>

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It<00:28:02.440><c> has</c><00:28:02.720><c> to</c><00:28:02.880><c> do</c><00:28:02.980><c> with</c><00:28:03.180><c> the</c><00:28:03.640><c> absolute</c><00:28:04.200><c> assurance</c><00:28:05.259><c> that</c><00:28:05.519><c> what</c>

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.779
they<00:28:06.000><c> believe</c><00:28:06.220><c> was</c><00:28:06.539><c> true.</c>

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Now<00:28:07.220><c> why</c><00:28:07.480><c> can't</c><00:28:07.839><c> they</c><00:28:08.059><c> go</c><00:28:08.279><c> on</c><00:28:08.819><c> and</c><00:28:09.180><c> keep</c><00:28:09.339><c> on</c><00:28:09.680><c> believing</c><00:28:09.880><c> that?</c>

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:13.220
Now<00:28:10.460><c> there's</c><00:28:10.740><c> a</c><00:28:10.900><c> couple</c><00:28:11.079><c> of</c><00:28:11.259><c> uses</c><00:28:11.460><c> of</c><00:28:11.660><c> that</c><00:28:11.779><c> word,</c><00:28:12.099><c> hypostasis.</c>

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In<00:28:14.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:14.759><c> 11,</c><00:28:15.140><c> therefore,</c>

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:19.079
the<00:28:16.140><c> word</c><00:28:16.339><c> I</c><00:28:16.619><c> believe</c><00:28:16.940><c> is</c><00:28:17.259><c> perhaps</c><00:28:17.759><c> well</c><00:28:18.380><c> rendered</c><00:28:18.680><c> by</c><00:28:18.920><c> the</c>

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.299
word<00:28:19.259><c> substance.</c>

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We<00:28:21.400><c> all</c><00:28:21.720><c> are,</c><00:28:21.920><c> of</c><00:28:21.920><c> course,</c><00:28:22.279><c> well</c><00:28:22.460><c> aware</c><00:28:22.740><c> of</c><00:28:22.920><c> Brother</c><00:28:23.140><c> Thomas'</c>

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:26.519
beautiful<00:28:24.140><c> translation</c><00:28:24.640><c> of</c><00:28:24.819><c> this</c><00:28:25.019><c> verse</c><00:28:25.240><c> in</c><00:28:25.559><c> Elpis</c><00:28:25.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:31.039
He<00:28:27.039><c> says</c><00:28:27.279><c> that</c><00:28:27.559><c> faith</c><00:28:27.859><c> is</c><00:28:28.099><c> the</c><00:28:28.519><c> confident</c><00:28:29.140><c> anticipation</c><00:28:30.339><c> of</c>

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:33.079
things<00:28:31.440><c> hoped</c><00:28:31.940><c> for,</c>

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a<00:28:33.700><c> full</c><00:28:33.920><c> persuasion</c><00:28:34.779><c> of</c><00:28:35.220><c> things</c><00:28:35.720><c> not</c><00:28:36.420><c> seen.</c>

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:42.940
And<00:28:37.619><c> he</c><00:28:38.099><c> interprets</c><00:28:38.759><c> hypostasis</c><00:28:39.440><c> by</c><00:28:39.720><c> the</c><00:28:39.880><c> word</c><00:28:40.259><c> confident</c><00:28:41.440><c> anticipation.</c>

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:46.000
And<00:28:44.299><c> yet,</c><00:28:44.599><c> brothers</c><00:28:44.819><c> and</c><00:28:44.960><c> sisters,</c><00:28:45.200><c> they</c><00:28:45.420><c> really</c><00:28:45.779><c> mean,</c>

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:48.519
the<00:28:46.200><c> word</c><00:28:46.420><c> really</c><00:28:46.720><c> means,</c><00:28:47.000><c> I</c><00:28:47.079><c> suppose,</c><00:28:47.500><c> in</c><00:28:47.519><c> its</c><00:28:47.700><c> basic</c><00:28:48.079><c> idea</c>

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of<00:28:48.920><c> substance.</c>

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That<00:28:49.539><c> is</c><00:28:49.779><c> really</c><00:28:50.140><c> the</c><00:28:50.259><c> meaning</c><00:28:50.420><c> of</c><00:28:50.619><c> the</c><00:28:50.740><c> word.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:51.920><c> is</c><00:28:52.220><c> the</c><00:28:52.579><c> substance</c><00:28:53.099><c> of</c><00:28:53.380><c> God.</c>

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:56.299
He<00:28:53.900><c> is.</c><00:28:54.380><c> He's</c><00:28:54.680><c> the</c><00:28:54.940><c> exact</c><00:28:55.299><c> impression</c><00:28:55.900><c> of</c><00:28:56.099><c> God.</c>

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:58.339
That's<00:28:56.500><c> what</c><00:28:56.680><c> Paul's</c><00:28:56.940><c> saying</c><00:28:57.140><c> in</c><00:28:57.319><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:57.519><c> 1</c><00:28:57.720><c> and</c><00:28:57.819><c> 3.</c>

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:01.839
Therefore,<00:28:59.299><c> he</c><00:28:59.359><c> is</c><00:28:59.660><c> now</c><00:28:59.940><c> what</c><00:29:00.140><c> God,</c><00:29:00.420><c> all</c><00:29:00.740><c> that</c><00:29:00.859><c> God</c><00:29:01.099><c> really</c><00:29:01.559><c> is</c>

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.259
in<00:29:02.180><c> mentally,</c><00:29:02.779><c> morally,</c><00:29:03.319><c> physically,</c>

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:09.460
so<00:29:05.119><c> that</c><00:29:05.240><c> there</c><00:29:05.380><c> is</c><00:29:06.059><c> a</c><00:29:06.220><c> substantial</c><00:29:07.259><c> oneness</c><00:29:08.579><c> about</c><00:29:08.900><c> those</c><00:29:09.180><c> two</c><00:29:09.339><c> in</c>

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.119
the<00:29:09.579><c> heaven</c><00:29:09.779><c> above.</c>

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:14.460
Now<00:29:10.819><c> then,</c><00:29:11.799><c> faith</c><00:29:11.960><c> is</c><00:29:12.539><c> the</c><00:29:13.019><c> substance</c><00:29:13.539><c> of</c><00:29:13.740><c> things</c><00:29:13.980><c> hoped</c><00:29:14.259><c> for.</c>

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.880
That's<00:29:14.920><c> a</c><00:29:15.059><c> contradiction</c><00:29:15.359><c> in</c><00:29:15.680><c> terms.</c>

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:18.259
See,<00:29:16.900><c> look,</c><00:29:17.059><c> there's</c><00:29:17.259><c> substance.</c>

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.880
I've<00:29:19.859><c> got</c><00:29:19.980><c> hold</c><00:29:20.140><c> of</c><00:29:20.380><c> substance.</c>

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.839
I<00:29:21.480><c> can</c><00:29:21.759><c> feel</c><00:29:21.960><c> it.</c>

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:27.480
Now,<00:29:23.319><c> I</c><00:29:23.400><c> don't</c><00:29:23.680><c> hope</c><00:29:24.180><c> that</c><00:29:24.500><c> Ken's</c><00:29:25.140><c> going</c><00:29:25.220><c> to</c><00:29:25.319><c> bring</c><00:29:25.420><c> the</c><00:29:25.640><c> microphone</c><00:29:25.960><c> tonight,</c><00:29:26.299><c> do</c><00:29:26.440><c> I?</c>

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.599
As<00:29:28.079><c> the</c><00:29:28.259><c> secretary,</c><00:29:28.579><c> he's</c><00:29:28.799><c> there.</c>

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:34.039
Now,<00:29:31.220><c> if</c><00:29:31.559><c> I</c><00:29:31.779><c> was</c><00:29:31.960><c> sitting</c><00:29:32.099><c> here</c><00:29:32.400><c> at</c><00:29:32.559><c> 5</c><00:29:32.720><c> to</c><00:29:32.880><c> 8</c><00:29:33.019><c> and</c><00:29:33.119><c> that</c><00:29:33.299><c> wasn't</c><00:29:33.579><c> there,</c>

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:37.759
I<00:29:34.680><c> would</c><00:29:34.980><c> hope</c><00:29:35.500><c> that</c><00:29:36.400><c> Ken</c><00:29:36.640><c> would</c><00:29:36.920><c> bring</c><00:29:37.119><c> the</c><00:29:37.420><c> microphone.</c>

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:40.019
My<00:29:38.119><c> hope</c><00:29:38.299><c> would</c><00:29:38.539><c> be</c><00:29:38.720><c> based</c><00:29:38.940><c> upon</c><00:29:39.079><c> a</c><00:29:39.240><c> pretty</c><00:29:39.500><c> solid</c><00:29:39.680><c> foundation.</c>

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.380
You<00:29:40.140><c> don't</c><00:29:40.319><c> forget</c><00:29:40.559><c> much.</c>

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:43.200
But<00:29:42.019><c> the</c><00:29:42.180><c> thing</c><00:29:42.380><c> is,</c><00:29:42.559><c> it's</c><00:29:42.799><c> there.</c>

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.519
It's<00:29:44.099><c> substance.</c>

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.059
I've<00:29:44.980><c> got</c><00:29:45.039><c> no</c><00:29:45.259><c> longer</c><00:29:45.599><c> hope</c><00:29:45.779><c> for</c><00:29:45.940><c> it.</c>

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:49.279
It's<00:29:46.160><c> here.</c><00:29:46.740><c> Everyone</c><00:29:46.819><c> in</c><00:29:46.920><c> the</c><00:29:47.000><c> back</c><00:29:47.119><c> hall</c><00:29:47.259><c> can</c><00:29:47.420><c> hear</c><00:29:47.579><c> me.</c>

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.420
Now,<00:29:50.019><c> Paul</c><00:29:50.059><c> says</c><00:29:50.319><c> that</c><00:29:50.599><c> faith</c><00:29:50.720><c> is</c><00:29:51.119><c> the</c><00:29:51.240><c> substance</c><00:29:51.720><c> of</c><00:29:51.980><c> things</c>

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.220
hoped<00:29:52.819><c> for,</c>

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.380
which<00:29:53.859><c> is</c><00:29:54.180><c> in</c><00:29:54.319><c> itself</c><00:29:54.680><c> a</c><00:29:55.000><c> contradiction</c><00:29:55.259><c> in</c><00:29:55.700><c> terms.</c>

00:29:56.779 --> 00:30:00.500
In<00:29:56.859><c> Romans</c><00:29:57.200><c> chapter</c><00:29:57.519><c> 8,</c><00:29:58.299><c> the</c><00:29:58.400><c> same</c><00:29:58.599><c> apostle</c><00:29:58.980><c> said</c><00:29:59.259><c> this.</c>

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.380
Now,<00:30:02.660><c> I'll</c><00:30:02.740><c> probably</c><00:30:02.920><c> be</c><00:30:03.200><c> a</c><00:30:03.400><c> little</c><00:30:03.619><c> bit</c><00:30:03.779><c> more</c><00:30:03.940><c> detailed</c><00:30:04.240><c> here</c>

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.819
than<00:30:04.559><c> necessary,</c>

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.859
but<00:30:04.980><c> I</c><00:30:05.039><c> want</c><00:30:05.299><c> to</c><00:30:05.400><c> try,</c><00:30:05.579><c> brothers</c><00:30:05.819><c> and</c><00:30:05.900><c> sisters,</c><00:30:06.180><c> to</c><00:30:06.460><c> impress</c>

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.400
this<00:30:07.180><c> lesson</c><00:30:07.359><c> upon</c><00:30:07.619><c> us</c><00:30:07.839><c> all,</c>

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:10.460
the<00:30:09.000><c> character</c><00:30:09.339><c> of</c><00:30:09.640><c> faith.</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:15.480
Now,<00:30:12.400><c> in</c><00:30:12.579><c> Romans</c><00:30:12.880><c> chapter</c><00:30:13.160><c> 8,</c><00:30:14.119><c> Paul</c><00:30:14.140><c> says</c><00:30:14.380><c> this.</c>

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:20.500
He<00:30:17.319><c> speaks</c><00:30:17.539><c> about,</c><00:30:18.000><c> in</c><00:30:18.059><c> the</c><00:30:18.140><c> end</c><00:30:18.299><c> of</c><00:30:18.440><c> verse</c><00:30:18.619><c> 23,</c><00:30:19.480><c> of</c><00:30:19.619><c> the</c><00:30:19.779><c> redemption</c><00:30:20.220><c> of</c>

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.940
our<00:30:20.779><c> body.</c>

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.779
In<00:30:23.619><c> relation</c><00:30:23.960><c> to</c><00:30:24.079><c> which</c><00:30:24.180><c> he</c><00:30:24.339><c> says,</c>

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:27.319
For<00:30:25.200><c> we</c><00:30:25.279><c> are</c><00:30:25.519><c> saved</c><00:30:25.880><c> by</c><00:30:26.279><c> hope,</c>

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:32.000
but<00:30:28.140><c> hope</c><00:30:28.440><c> that</c><00:30:28.660><c> is</c><00:30:28.940><c> seen</c><00:30:29.539><c> is</c><00:30:30.559><c> not</c><00:30:30.900><c> hope.</c>

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:36.359
For<00:30:32.799><c> what</c><00:30:33.000><c> a</c><00:30:33.119><c> man</c><00:30:33.359><c> seeth,</c><00:30:34.579><c> why</c><00:30:34.759><c> doth</c><00:30:34.920><c> he</c><00:30:35.019><c> yet</c><00:30:35.220><c> hope</c><00:30:35.579><c> for?</c>

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:40.059
But<00:30:37.099><c> if</c><00:30:37.299><c> we</c><00:30:37.559><c> hope</c><00:30:37.819><c> for</c><00:30:38.000><c> that</c><00:30:38.119><c> which</c><00:30:38.259><c> we</c><00:30:38.599><c> see</c><00:30:38.920><c> not,</c>

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:44.220
then<00:30:40.559><c> do</c><00:30:41.000><c> we,</c><00:30:41.480><c> with</c><00:30:41.940><c> patience,</c><00:30:42.779><c> wait</c><00:30:43.039><c> for</c><00:30:43.319><c> it.</c>

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:47.599
The<00:30:44.839><c> hope</c><00:30:45.019><c> that</c><00:30:45.200><c> is</c><00:30:45.420><c> seen</c><00:30:45.579><c> is</c><00:30:45.799><c> not</c><00:30:46.059><c> really</c><00:30:46.380><c> hope</c><00:30:46.599><c> anymore.</c>

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:50.180
For<00:30:48.140><c> we</c><00:30:48.299><c> can't</c><00:30:48.559><c> hope</c><00:30:48.779><c> for</c><00:30:48.859><c> that</c><00:30:49.039><c> which</c><00:30:49.200><c> he</c><00:30:49.460><c> sees</c><00:30:49.660><c> as</c><00:30:49.819><c> it</c><00:30:49.980><c> is</c><00:30:50.099><c> possible.</c>

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.000
Like<00:30:50.380><c> that</c><00:30:50.619><c> microphone.</c>

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.779
I<00:30:51.240><c> can't</c><00:30:51.579><c> hope</c><00:30:51.920><c> that</c><00:30:52.099><c> Ken</c><00:30:52.240><c> will</c><00:30:52.420><c> bring</c><00:30:52.559><c> it.</c>

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.539
It's<00:30:52.940><c> there.</c><00:30:53.119><c> There</c><00:30:53.339><c> it</c><00:30:53.420><c> is.</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.700
I'm<00:30:53.819><c> feeling</c><00:30:54.119><c> it.</c><00:30:54.279><c> I'm</c><00:30:54.279><c> feeling</c><00:30:54.480><c> it.</c>

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.019
It's<00:30:55.019><c> no</c><00:30:55.180><c> longer</c><00:30:55.420><c> a</c><00:30:55.500><c> matter</c><00:30:55.660><c> of</c><00:30:55.819><c> hope.</c>

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:58.700
Now,<00:30:56.539><c> what</c><00:30:56.720><c> does</c><00:30:56.880><c> he</c><00:30:57.059><c> mean,</c><00:30:57.359><c> therefore,</c><00:30:57.680><c> when</c><00:30:57.799><c> he</c><00:30:57.880><c> says</c><00:30:58.119><c> that</c>

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:02.559
faith<00:30:58.920><c> is</c><00:30:59.380><c> the</c><00:30:59.700><c> substance</c><00:31:00.339><c> of</c><00:31:00.859><c> things</c><00:31:01.279><c> hoped</c><00:31:01.759><c> for?</c>

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.319
Now,<00:31:03.380><c> try</c><00:31:03.700><c> and</c><00:31:03.920><c> follow</c><00:31:04.019><c> me.</c>

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:12.079
Faith<00:31:04.940><c> is</c><00:31:05.299><c> the</c><00:31:05.859><c> substance</c><00:31:06.539><c> of</c><00:31:08.420><c> things</c><00:31:09.440><c> hoped</c><00:31:10.019><c> for,</c><00:31:10.579><c> and</c><00:31:10.700><c> they're</c><00:31:10.859><c> not</c><00:31:11.099><c> substance.</c>

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.779
Now,<00:31:13.180><c> the</c><00:31:13.359><c> revised</c><00:31:13.880><c> version,</c><00:31:14.440><c> margin.</c>

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:17.599
Arnold,<00:31:15.180><c> you</c><00:31:15.480><c> carry</c><00:31:15.720><c> a</c><00:31:15.920><c> revised</c><00:31:16.259><c> version,</c><00:31:16.740><c> don't</c><00:31:16.819><c> you?</c>

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:20.119
I<00:31:18.160><c> think</c><00:31:18.259><c> it's</c><00:31:18.500><c> in</c><00:31:18.599><c> there,</c><00:31:18.759><c> isn't</c><00:31:18.960><c> it?</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.839
Isn't<00:31:21.740><c> there</c><00:31:21.960><c> an</c><00:31:22.180><c> alternate</c><00:31:22.500><c> rendition</c><00:31:22.960><c> in</c><00:31:23.140><c> your</c><00:31:23.380><c> margin</c><00:31:23.660><c> of</c>

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.119
your<00:31:24.019><c> revised</c><00:31:24.380><c> version?</c>

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.859
That's<00:31:25.980><c> right.</c>

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:30.380
And<00:31:27.259><c> there,</c><00:31:27.539><c> I</c><00:31:27.640><c> reckon,</c><00:31:28.019><c> is</c><00:31:28.240><c> the</c><00:31:28.539><c> absolute</c><00:31:29.099><c> meaning</c><00:31:29.400><c> of</c><00:31:29.720><c> Paul's</c><00:31:30.160><c> term.</c>

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.599
And<00:31:30.779><c> I</c><00:31:32.220><c> believe</c><00:31:32.519><c> that</c><00:31:32.740><c> to</c><00:31:32.819><c> be</c><00:31:33.000><c> absolutely</c><00:31:33.279><c> correct.</c>

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:35.700
Not<00:31:33.880><c> because</c><00:31:34.200><c> the</c><00:31:34.359><c> revised</c><00:31:34.700><c> version</c><00:31:35.039><c> margin</c><00:31:35.420><c> says</c><00:31:35.579><c> it.</c>

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.299
I'll<00:31:35.940><c> say</c><00:31:36.019><c> it</c><00:31:36.099><c> in</c><00:31:36.160><c> a</c><00:31:36.200><c> minute.</c>

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.940
There's<00:31:36.400><c> a</c><00:31:36.500><c> lot</c><00:31:36.579><c> in</c><00:31:36.700><c> the</c><00:31:36.799><c> back.</c>

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.980
You<00:31:37.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:37.079><c> have</c><00:31:37.279><c> heard.</c>

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:40.319
But<00:31:38.079><c> because</c><00:31:38.440><c> the</c><00:31:38.779><c> chapter</c><00:31:39.099><c> proves</c><00:31:39.460><c> it.</c>

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:42.960
The<00:31:40.660><c> point</c><00:31:40.920><c> that</c><00:31:41.160><c> Paul</c><00:31:41.339><c> is</c><00:31:41.599><c> making</c><00:31:41.799><c> is</c><00:31:42.140><c> this.</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:46.500
Faith<00:31:43.380><c> is</c><00:31:43.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.059><c> ability</c><00:31:44.420><c> or</c><00:31:44.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.980><c> quality</c><00:31:45.359><c> which</c><00:31:45.779><c> enables</c><00:31:46.220><c> a</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:51.039
person<00:31:46.960><c> to</c><00:31:47.680><c> close</c><00:31:48.099><c> the</c><00:31:48.420><c> future</c><00:31:48.900><c> with</c><00:31:49.779><c> substance.</c>

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:55.799
So<00:31:52.440><c> that</c><00:31:52.759><c> faith</c><00:31:53.059><c> is</c><00:31:53.339><c> the</c><00:31:53.579><c> ability</c><00:31:53.960><c> that</c><00:31:54.539><c> a</c><00:31:54.680><c> person</c><00:31:55.099><c> gains</c><00:31:55.559><c> from</c>

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:57.319
an<00:31:55.980><c> understanding</c><00:31:56.380><c> of</c><00:31:56.579><c> the</c><00:31:56.720><c> Word</c><00:31:56.880><c> of</c><00:31:57.059><c> God</c>

00:31:57.319 --> 00:32:00.700
and<00:31:57.539><c> the</c><00:31:57.759><c> confidence</c><00:31:58.180><c> in</c><00:31:58.400><c> God's</c><00:31:58.920><c> promises</c><00:31:59.420><c> that</c><00:32:00.079><c> tells</c><00:32:00.440><c> him</c>

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:05.880
that<00:32:00.960><c> things</c><00:32:01.259><c> which</c><00:32:02.299><c> are</c><00:32:03.039><c> abstract</c><00:32:03.559><c> are</c><00:32:03.980><c> really</c><00:32:04.519><c> substantial.</c>

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:10.619
So<00:32:07.539><c> that</c><00:32:07.700><c> by</c><00:32:08.319><c> the</c><00:32:08.460><c> eye</c><00:32:08.640><c> of</c><00:32:08.859><c> faith</c><00:32:09.059><c> we</c><00:32:09.200><c> can</c><00:32:09.400><c> say</c><00:32:09.640><c> tonight</c><00:32:10.059><c> that</c>

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:13.240
Jesus<00:32:11.099><c> Christ</c><00:32:11.559><c> is</c><00:32:12.000><c> reigning</c><00:32:12.500><c> in</c><00:32:12.819><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.500
We<00:32:14.200><c> know</c><00:32:14.359><c> he's</c><00:32:14.599><c> not.</c>

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:19.099
We<00:32:16.480><c> know</c><00:32:16.660><c> the</c><00:32:16.799><c> conditions</c><00:32:17.140><c> of</c><00:32:17.299><c> the</c><00:32:17.380><c> world</c><00:32:17.579><c> prove</c><00:32:17.859><c> that</c><00:32:18.000><c> he's</c><00:32:18.180><c> not.</c>

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:21.220
But<00:32:19.500><c> we</c><00:32:19.740><c> say</c><00:32:19.940><c> that</c><00:32:20.160><c> he</c><00:32:20.200><c> is.</c>

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.019
And<00:32:22.180><c> that's</c><00:32:22.359><c> the</c><00:32:22.519><c> life</c><00:32:22.660><c> we</c><00:32:22.920><c> live.</c>

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.839
We<00:32:23.279><c> live</c><00:32:23.519><c> today</c><00:32:23.900><c> as</c><00:32:24.079><c> if</c><00:32:24.200><c> he</c><00:32:24.240><c> was</c><00:32:24.500><c> there.</c>

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:28.460
As<00:32:25.539><c> far</c><00:32:25.720><c> as</c><00:32:25.859><c> we're</c><00:32:26.079><c> concerned,</c><00:32:26.640><c> our</c><00:32:26.720><c> faith</c><00:32:26.880><c> is</c><00:32:27.079><c> so</c><00:32:27.440><c> certain</c><00:32:27.619><c> that</c><00:32:27.839><c> there</c><00:32:28.039><c> he</c><00:32:28.220><c> is.</c>

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:31.059
And<00:32:29.059><c> we</c><00:32:29.240><c> are</c><00:32:29.500><c> doing</c><00:32:29.700><c> what</c><00:32:29.980><c> God</c><00:32:30.200><c> does.</c>

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:33.920
In<00:32:31.519><c> exercising</c><00:32:31.980><c> that</c><00:32:32.339><c> sort</c><00:32:32.500><c> of</c><00:32:32.700><c> faith,</c><00:32:33.059><c> brothers</c><00:32:33.079><c> and</c><00:32:33.180><c> sisters,</c><00:32:33.500><c> we</c><00:32:33.720><c> are</c>

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.519
like<00:32:34.059><c> the</c><00:32:34.299><c> Creator.</c>

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.000
We're<00:32:35.019><c> calling</c><00:32:35.319><c> those</c><00:32:35.740><c> things</c><00:32:35.900><c> which</c><00:32:36.180><c> be</c><00:32:36.420><c> not</c><00:32:36.599><c> as</c><00:32:36.839><c> though</c>

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.599
they<00:32:37.299><c> were.</c>

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:40.240
Why?<00:32:38.180><c> Because</c><00:32:38.500><c> God</c><00:32:38.799><c> said</c><00:32:39.000><c> they</c><00:32:39.240><c> would</c><00:32:39.440><c> be.</c>

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:44.000
Now<00:32:40.579><c> that</c><00:32:40.819><c> faith,</c><00:32:41.500><c> we</c><00:32:41.700><c> are</c><00:32:41.819><c> able</c><00:32:41.960><c> to</c><00:32:42.220><c> close</c><00:32:42.400><c> the</c><00:32:42.599><c> future</c><00:32:42.799><c> with</c><00:32:43.059><c> substance.</c>

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:48.140
Now<00:32:44.420><c> use</c><00:32:44.660><c> an</c><00:32:44.920><c> illustration</c><00:32:45.700><c> of</c><00:32:45.880><c> that</c><00:32:46.119><c> point</c><00:32:46.339><c> in</c><00:32:46.579><c> this</c><00:32:46.819><c> chapter,</c><00:32:47.859><c> verse</c>

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:50.039
27,<00:32:49.339><c> concerning</c><00:32:49.519><c> Moses.</c>

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:55.599
Now<00:32:50.759><c> here's</c><00:32:51.079><c> how</c><00:32:51.279><c> he</c><00:32:51.500><c> closed</c><00:32:51.839><c> the</c><00:32:52.079><c> future</c><00:32:52.539><c> or</c><00:32:53.240><c> he</c><00:32:53.579><c> closed</c><00:32:53.799><c> something</c><00:32:54.240><c> with</c><00:32:54.519><c> substance.</c>

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:59.599
In<00:32:56.359><c> verse</c><00:32:56.619><c> 27,</c><00:32:57.920><c> speaking</c><00:32:58.200><c> of</c><00:32:58.400><c> Moses,</c><00:32:58.880><c> he</c><00:32:58.900><c> says,</c>

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:13.619
Now<00:33:11.359><c> there's</c><00:33:12.000><c> a</c><00:33:12.200><c> contradiction</c><00:33:12.539><c> in</c><00:33:12.880><c> terms.</c>

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:15.359
You<00:33:14.140><c> cannot</c><00:33:14.579><c> see</c><00:33:14.839><c> the</c><00:33:15.079><c> invisible.</c>

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.839
Moses<00:33:15.920><c> did.</c>

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.660
How<00:33:17.940><c> did</c><00:33:18.079><c> he</c><00:33:18.160><c> do</c><00:33:18.299><c> it?</c>

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.539
By<00:33:19.079><c> faith.</c>

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.440
Because<00:33:20.140><c> faith</c><00:33:20.460><c> is</c><00:33:20.700><c> the</c><00:33:20.859><c> quality</c><00:33:21.200><c> that</c><00:33:21.579><c> closed</c><00:33:21.880><c> things</c><00:33:22.200><c> with</c>

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.779
substance<00:33:22.759><c> that</c><00:33:23.019><c> can't</c><00:33:23.240><c> be</c><00:33:23.519><c> seen.</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.180
That's<00:33:24.279><c> the</c><00:33:24.380><c> quality</c><00:33:24.640><c> of</c><00:33:24.839><c> faith.</c>

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.579
Now<00:33:25.700><c> look</c><00:33:25.839><c> at</c><00:33:25.940><c> the</c><00:33:26.119><c> context</c><00:33:26.440><c> in</c><00:33:26.579><c> which</c><00:33:26.720><c> that</c><00:33:26.940><c> verse</c><00:33:27.140><c> is</c><00:33:27.359><c> put.</c>

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.819
Look<00:33:28.059><c> at</c><00:33:28.160><c> the</c><00:33:28.319><c> context.</c>

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:35.039
He<00:33:29.480><c> endured,</c><00:33:30.660><c> rather,</c><00:33:31.619><c> he's</c><00:33:31.920><c> not</c><00:33:32.440><c> fearing</c><00:33:32.859><c> the</c><00:33:33.220><c> wrath</c><00:33:33.500><c> of</c><00:33:33.759><c> the</c><00:33:34.099><c> king.</c>

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:37.579
Now,<00:33:36.180><c> if</c><00:33:36.259><c> he'd</c><00:33:36.480><c> managed</c><00:33:36.579><c> to</c><00:33:36.720><c> have</c><00:33:36.720><c> done</c><00:33:36.839><c> a</c><00:33:36.940><c> study</c><00:33:37.140><c> of</c><00:33:37.319><c> Moses,</c>

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.859
he<00:33:37.740><c> would</c><00:33:37.940><c> have</c><00:33:38.240><c> been</c><00:33:38.480><c> through</c><00:33:38.680><c> this.</c>

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:41.019
He<00:33:39.019><c> would</c><00:33:39.200><c> have</c><00:33:39.359><c> known</c><00:33:40.000><c> exactly</c><00:33:40.539><c> what</c><00:33:40.700><c> that</c><00:33:40.900><c> meant.</c>

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:43.039
You<00:33:41.160><c> don't</c><00:33:41.259><c> have</c><00:33:41.440><c> to</c><00:33:41.539><c> be</c><00:33:41.640><c> an</c><00:33:41.880><c> expositor</c><00:33:42.240><c> to</c><00:33:42.539><c> tell</c><00:33:42.720><c> people</c><00:33:42.880><c> what</c>

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.500
that<00:33:43.279><c> means.</c>

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.980
You<00:33:44.119><c> just</c><00:33:44.299><c> go</c><00:33:44.480><c> with</c><00:33:44.680><c> Moses.</c>

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:47.700
You<00:33:45.440><c> close</c><00:33:45.700><c> that</c><00:33:46.019><c> thing</c><00:33:46.299><c> with</c><00:33:46.660><c> substance</c><00:33:47.059><c> by</c><00:33:47.420><c> faith.</c>

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:49.700
Go<00:33:48.119><c> back</c><00:33:48.339><c> in</c><00:33:48.440><c> your</c><00:33:48.599><c> mind</c><00:33:48.720><c> of</c><00:33:48.839><c> the</c><00:33:48.980><c> day</c><00:33:49.099><c> when</c><00:33:49.220><c> he</c><00:33:49.259><c> went</c><00:33:49.400><c> to</c><00:33:49.460><c> that</c>

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.619
court<00:33:49.920><c> before</c><00:33:50.359><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:53.519
And<00:33:51.119><c> look</c><00:33:51.259><c> at</c><00:33:51.400><c> the</c><00:33:51.559><c> record</c><00:33:51.839><c> in</c><00:33:52.240><c> the</c><00:33:52.420><c> book</c><00:33:52.539><c> of</c><00:33:52.740><c> Exodus</c><00:33:52.960><c> and</c><00:33:53.240><c> the</c>

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.119
challenges<00:33:53.839><c> that</c><00:33:54.039><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:54.579><c> put</c><00:33:54.779><c> forward,</c>

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:57.339
and<00:33:55.339><c> Moses</c><00:33:55.599><c> put</c><00:33:55.880><c> forward,</c><00:33:56.079><c> and</c><00:33:56.180><c> the</c><00:33:56.359><c> debate</c><00:33:56.599><c> that</c><00:33:56.799><c> went</c><00:33:56.920><c> on,</c>

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:59.720
and<00:33:57.559><c> the</c><00:33:57.799><c> concessions</c><00:33:58.220><c> that</c><00:33:58.460><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:58.640><c> was</c><00:33:58.940><c> caused</c><00:33:59.079><c> to</c><00:33:59.240><c> be</c><00:33:59.380><c> made</c><00:33:59.519><c> by</c>

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.539
the<00:33:59.920><c> plagues</c><00:34:00.140><c> of</c><00:34:00.359><c> God,</c>

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:03.339
one<00:34:00.960><c> little</c><00:34:01.220><c> concession</c><00:34:01.579><c> after</c><00:34:01.880><c> another</c><00:34:02.059><c> until</c><00:34:02.220><c> he</c><00:34:02.420><c> finally</c><00:34:02.819><c> capitulated.</c>

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:05.460
There<00:34:03.779><c> was</c><00:34:03.940><c> an</c><00:34:04.119><c> enormous</c><00:34:04.460><c> debate</c><00:34:04.799><c> going</c><00:34:05.119><c> on.</c>

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.300
There<00:34:05.759><c> was</c><00:34:06.000><c> a</c><00:34:06.140><c> man,</c><00:34:06.339><c> a</c><00:34:06.539><c> shepherd</c><00:34:06.740><c> man,</c><00:34:07.240><c> pitting</c><00:34:07.380><c> his</c><00:34:07.640><c> wits</c><00:34:07.859><c> against</c><00:34:08.099><c> the</c>

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.960
king<00:34:08.460><c> of</c><00:34:08.639><c> the</c><00:34:08.760><c> world,</c><00:34:09.039><c> virtually.</c>

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:13.420
And<00:34:10.500><c> the</c><00:34:10.599><c> king</c><00:34:10.900><c> had</c><00:34:11.260><c> in</c><00:34:11.380><c> his</c><00:34:11.619><c> power</c><00:34:11.800><c> to</c><00:34:12.159><c> squash</c><00:34:12.360><c> him</c><00:34:12.500><c> out</c><00:34:12.639><c> of</c><00:34:12.860><c> existence</c><00:34:13.139><c> at</c>

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.420
the<00:34:13.619><c> flick</c><00:34:13.800><c> of</c><00:34:14.000><c> a</c><00:34:14.099><c> wrist.</c>

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:16.239
He<00:34:14.619><c> could</c><00:34:14.719><c> have</c><00:34:14.800><c> been</c><00:34:15.059><c> decapitated</c><00:34:15.599><c> in</c><00:34:15.760><c> that</c><00:34:15.900><c> place.</c>

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:19.659
And<00:34:17.159><c> there</c><00:34:17.460><c> is</c><00:34:17.639><c> Moses</c><00:34:17.940><c> standing</c><00:34:18.239><c> before</c><00:34:18.340><c> this</c><00:34:18.559><c> great</c><00:34:18.960><c> potentate</c><00:34:19.400><c> seated</c>

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.480
upon<00:34:19.900><c> his</c><00:34:20.239><c> throne,</c>

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.260
and<00:34:20.980><c> the</c><00:34:21.400><c> personality</c><00:34:21.860><c> of</c><00:34:22.019><c> that</c><00:34:22.199><c> king</c><00:34:22.380><c> would</c><00:34:22.679><c> dominate</c><00:34:23.019><c> the</c>

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.780
whole<00:34:23.519><c> court.</c>

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:27.400
And<00:34:24.320><c> Moses</c><00:34:24.639><c> looked</c><00:34:24.980><c> straight</c><00:34:25.440><c> past</c><00:34:25.900><c> him,</c><00:34:26.039><c> and</c><00:34:26.219><c> behind</c><00:34:26.719><c> him</c><00:34:27.039><c> was</c><00:34:27.219><c> a</c>

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.659
greater<00:34:27.659><c> potentate,</c>

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.860
invisible<00:34:29.239><c> to</c><00:34:29.400><c> the</c><00:34:29.539><c> human</c><00:34:29.760><c> eye,</c><00:34:30.280><c> but</c><00:34:30.400><c> Moses</c><00:34:30.760><c> saw</c><00:34:31.019><c> him.</c>

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.519
Absolutely<00:34:32.659><c> dominating</c><00:34:33.179><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.099
That's<00:34:34.320><c> faith.</c>

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:37.619
That<00:34:36.139><c> God</c><00:34:36.360><c> is</c><00:34:36.639><c> invisible.</c>

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:40.880
And<00:34:38.860><c> even</c><00:34:39.019><c> if</c><00:34:39.119><c> he</c><00:34:39.300><c> wasn't</c><00:34:39.599><c> invisible,</c><00:34:40.199><c> the</c><00:34:40.320><c> scripture</c><00:34:40.559><c> says</c>

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.579
that<00:34:41.079><c> no</c><00:34:41.260><c> man</c><00:34:41.420><c> can</c><00:34:41.579><c> look</c><00:34:41.760><c> upon</c><00:34:42.000><c> him</c><00:34:42.179><c> and</c><00:34:42.320><c> live.</c>

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:44.360
Moses<00:34:43.219><c> did.</c>

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.360
By<00:34:45.480><c> faith.</c>

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:49.320
Whatever<00:34:46.940><c> was</c><00:34:47.260><c> in</c><00:34:47.380><c> Moses'</c><00:34:47.980><c> mind,</c><00:34:48.219><c> one</c><00:34:48.480><c> thing</c><00:34:48.639><c> was</c><00:34:48.860><c> for</c><00:34:49.059><c> sure.</c>

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:52.280
He<00:34:49.800><c> saw</c><00:34:49.940><c> right</c><00:34:50.239><c> past</c><00:34:50.539><c> that</c><00:34:50.840><c> king,</c><00:34:51.119><c> he</c><00:34:51.159><c> didn't</c><00:34:51.420><c> care</c><00:34:51.719><c> how</c><00:34:52.059><c> wild</c>

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.239
he<00:34:52.480><c> got</c><00:34:52.599><c> in</c><00:34:52.760><c> that</c><00:34:52.940><c> debate.</c>

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.619
He<00:34:53.699><c> kept</c><00:34:53.880><c> pushing</c><00:34:54.219><c> the</c><00:34:54.420><c> word</c><00:34:54.559><c> of</c><00:34:54.639><c> God</c><00:34:54.800><c> at</c><00:34:54.860><c> him,</c><00:34:55.119><c> and</c><00:34:55.159><c> he</c><00:34:55.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:55.440><c> have</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.000
cared<00:34:55.760><c> less</c><00:34:55.980><c> what</c><00:34:56.139><c> his</c><00:34:56.320><c> attitude</c><00:34:56.579><c> was,</c>

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:59.920
because<00:34:57.519><c> behind</c><00:34:57.920><c> that</c><00:34:58.159><c> king</c><00:34:58.380><c> was</c><00:34:58.679><c> one</c><00:34:58.940><c> that</c><00:34:59.139><c> could</c><00:34:59.360><c> snap</c><00:34:59.780><c> him</c>

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.639
out<00:35:00.059><c> of</c><00:35:00.280><c> existence</c><00:35:00.539><c> like</c><00:35:00.880><c> that.</c>

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.400
Now<00:35:01.860><c> that's</c><00:35:02.239><c> faith.</c>

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:05.139
Moses<00:35:02.880><c> couldn't</c><00:35:03.199><c> see</c><00:35:03.380><c> literally,</c><00:35:04.199><c> but</c><00:35:04.300><c> by</c><00:35:04.519><c> the</c><00:35:04.639><c> eye</c><00:35:04.800><c> of</c><00:35:04.980><c> faith</c>

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.539
he<00:35:05.260><c> did.</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.159
And<00:35:05.940><c> that's</c><00:35:06.199><c> Paul's</c><00:35:06.699><c> definition.</c>

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:10.619
Faith<00:35:07.780><c> is</c><00:35:08.000><c> that</c><00:35:08.340><c> quality</c><00:35:08.780><c> that's</c><00:35:09.320><c> able</c><00:35:09.420><c> to</c><00:35:09.719><c> close</c><00:35:10.019><c> the</c><00:35:10.260><c> future</c>

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:13.380
and<00:35:11.079><c> things</c><00:35:11.260><c> not</c><00:35:11.679><c> seen</c><00:35:11.900><c> with</c><00:35:12.219><c> substance.</c>

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:16.380
Now<00:35:14.239><c> look</c><00:35:14.380><c> at</c><00:35:14.480><c> this</c><00:35:14.619><c> definition</c><00:35:15.079><c> in</c><00:35:15.539><c> 2</c><00:35:15.719><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:16.059><c> chapter</c>

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:19.659
8<00:35:16.679><c> of</c><00:35:16.900><c> the</c><00:35:17.099><c> very</c><00:35:17.380><c> same</c><00:35:17.679><c> principle.</c>

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:43.119
In<00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.659><c> same</c><00:35:35.800><c> agreement</c><00:35:36.079><c> in</c><00:35:36.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:36.400><c> 4,</c><00:35:41.920><c> here</c><00:35:42.019><c> is</c><00:35:42.519><c> another</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.599
definition<00:35:43.639><c> of</c><00:35:43.820><c> the</c><00:35:44.019><c> same</c><00:35:44.159><c> principle</c><00:35:44.639><c> in</c><00:35:44.900><c> other</c><00:35:45.179><c> words.</c>

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:47.420
Exactly<00:35:46.360><c> the</c><00:35:46.619><c> same</c><00:35:46.840><c> thing.</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.300
Verse<00:35:48.139><c> 17</c><00:35:48.460><c> and</c><00:35:48.659><c> 18,</c><00:35:49.360><c> the</c><00:35:49.500><c> last</c><00:35:49.699><c> two</c><00:35:49.940><c> verses.</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:52.880
For<00:35:50.940><c> our</c><00:35:51.119><c> light</c><00:35:51.260><c> of</c><00:35:51.460><c> fiction,</c><00:35:51.760><c> which</c><00:35:51.920><c> is</c><00:35:52.159><c> but</c><00:35:52.280><c> for</c><00:35:52.500><c> a</c><00:35:52.639><c> moment,</c>

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:57.599
worketh<00:35:53.420><c> for</c><00:35:53.639><c> us</c><00:35:53.880><c> a</c><00:35:54.059><c> far</c><00:35:54.400><c> more</c><00:35:54.780><c> exceeding</c><00:35:55.420><c> and</c><00:35:55.599><c> eternal</c><00:35:56.119><c> weight</c><00:35:56.380><c> of</c><00:35:56.679><c> glory,</c>

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:03.699
while<00:35:58.199><c> we</c><00:35:58.699><c> look</c><00:35:59.380><c> not</c><00:36:01.019><c> at</c><00:36:01.219><c> things</c><00:36:01.460><c> which</c><00:36:01.699><c> are</c><00:36:01.960><c> seen,</c><00:36:03.360><c> but</c><00:36:03.559><c> at</c>

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:06.679
the<00:36:03.900><c> things</c><00:36:04.119><c> which</c><00:36:04.500><c> are</c><00:36:05.019><c> not</c><00:36:05.699><c> seen.</c>

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:09.860
For<00:36:07.260><c> the</c><00:36:07.460><c> things</c><00:36:07.599><c> which</c><00:36:07.920><c> are</c><00:36:08.039><c> seen</c><00:36:08.280><c> are</c><00:36:08.639><c> temporal,</c><00:36:09.420><c> but</c><00:36:09.639><c> the</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:12.219
things<00:36:10.059><c> which</c><00:36:10.300><c> are</c><00:36:10.579><c> not</c><00:36:11.059><c> seen</c><00:36:11.420><c> are</c><00:36:11.800><c> eternal.</c>

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:16.059
Now<00:36:12.860><c> will</c><00:36:13.159><c> someone</c><00:36:13.559><c> please</c><00:36:14.000><c> tell</c><00:36:14.179><c> me</c><00:36:14.739><c> how</c><00:36:15.019><c> you</c><00:36:15.179><c> can</c><00:36:15.400><c> look</c><00:36:15.699><c> at</c>

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:17.980
things<00:36:16.340><c> you</c><00:36:16.519><c> can't</c><00:36:17.019><c> see?</c>

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:22.059
Now<00:36:19.460><c> I'll</c><00:36:19.579><c> just</c><00:36:19.760><c> read</c><00:36:19.960><c> those</c><00:36:20.260><c> words</c><00:36:20.559><c> and</c><00:36:20.739><c> leave</c><00:36:20.940><c> out</c><00:36:21.300><c> certain</c><00:36:21.539><c> words.</c>

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:27.500
Verse<00:36:22.460><c> 18,</c><00:36:23.380><c> while</c><00:36:23.639><c> we</c><00:36:23.980><c> look</c><00:36:24.539><c> at</c><00:36:25.440><c> the</c><00:36:25.639><c> things</c><00:36:25.800><c> which</c><00:36:26.039><c> are</c><00:36:26.219><c> not</c><00:36:26.599><c> seen.</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.440
That's<00:36:27.739><c> what</c><00:36:27.860><c> he's</c><00:36:28.260><c> saying.</c>

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:31.579
Now<00:36:28.920><c> you</c><00:36:29.119><c> tell</c><00:36:29.260><c> me,</c><00:36:29.659><c> how</c><00:36:29.880><c> do</c><00:36:30.079><c> I</c><00:36:30.119><c> do</c><00:36:30.300><c> that?</c>

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:38.000
How<00:36:36.659><c> will</c><00:36:36.860><c> you</c><00:36:36.860><c> do</c><00:36:37.000><c> it?</c>

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:44.179
By<00:36:42.679><c> faith!</c><00:36:43.340><c> Of</c><00:36:43.739><c> course!</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.599
That's<00:36:44.659><c> all</c><00:36:44.780><c> you</c><00:36:44.900><c> needed</c><00:36:45.039><c> to</c><00:36:45.300><c> say.</c>

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.659
Because<00:36:45.920><c> that's</c><00:36:46.179><c> exactly</c><00:36:46.400><c> what</c><00:36:46.619><c> Paul</c><00:36:46.800><c> says</c><00:36:46.920><c> in</c><00:36:47.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:47.320><c> 11,</c>

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:49.000
by<00:36:48.039><c> faith.</c>

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.559
That's<00:36:49.920><c> how</c><00:36:50.000><c> you</c><00:36:50.139><c> do</c><00:36:50.280><c> it.</c>

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:55.059
So<00:36:50.940><c> faith</c><00:36:51.480><c> enables</c><00:36:52.300><c> you</c><00:36:52.539><c> to</c><00:36:52.639><c> look</c><00:36:52.800><c> at</c><00:36:53.019><c> things</c><00:36:53.360><c> that</c><00:36:53.599><c> you</c><00:36:53.840><c> can't</c><00:36:54.239><c> see.</c>

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:10.019
Verse<00:37:06.699><c> 20,</c><00:37:08.599><c> that's</c><00:37:09.619><c> right.</c>

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.920
Here's<00:37:10.679><c> the</c><00:37:10.860><c> same</c><00:37:11.099><c> principle</c><00:37:11.480><c> in</c><00:37:11.679><c> Romans</c><00:37:11.960><c> 4</c><00:37:12.260><c> and</c><00:37:12.420><c> verse</c><00:37:12.639><c> 20</c>

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.340
concerning<00:37:13.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:37:14.639><c> faith.</c>

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:19.679
He<00:37:16.059><c> staggered</c><00:37:16.599><c> not</c><00:37:16.800><c> at</c><00:37:17.000><c> the</c><00:37:17.099><c> promise</c><00:37:17.320><c> of</c><00:37:17.500><c> God</c><00:37:17.739><c> through</c><00:37:17.980><c> unbelief,</c><00:37:18.599><c> but</c><00:37:18.699><c> was</c><00:37:19.039><c> strong</c><00:37:19.239><c> in</c><00:37:19.500><c> faith,</c>

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:23.380
giving<00:37:19.980><c> glory</c><00:37:20.320><c> to</c><00:37:20.519><c> God</c><00:37:20.960><c> and</c><00:37:21.519><c> being</c><00:37:21.960><c> fully</c><00:37:22.280><c> persuaded</c><00:37:22.820><c> that</c><00:37:23.039><c> what</c><00:37:23.219><c> he</c>

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.860
had<00:37:23.639><c> promised,</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.480
that<00:37:23.960><c> he</c><00:37:23.960><c> was</c><00:37:24.219><c> able</c><00:37:24.579><c> also</c><00:37:25.099><c> to</c><00:37:25.300><c> perform.</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:29.119
And<00:37:26.920><c> that</c><00:37:27.239><c> of</c><00:37:27.340><c> course,</c><00:37:27.880><c> Ray,</c><00:37:27.880><c> isn't</c><00:37:28.039><c> it,</c><00:37:28.219><c> in</c><00:37:28.380><c> the</c><00:37:28.559><c> context</c><00:37:28.940><c> of</c>

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.760
verse<00:37:29.380><c> 19,</c>

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:32.260
where<00:37:29.980><c> he</c><00:37:30.099><c> considered</c><00:37:30.440><c> his</c><00:37:30.639><c> own</c><00:37:30.880><c> body</c><00:37:31.079><c> now</c><00:37:31.460><c> dead.</c>

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:35.460
So<00:37:33.559><c> Abraham</c><00:37:33.980><c> saw</c><00:37:34.219><c> the</c><00:37:34.360><c> possibility</c><00:37:34.679><c> of</c><00:37:34.880><c> something</c><00:37:35.079><c> happening</c>

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:38.400
that<00:37:35.659><c> couldn't</c><00:37:35.980><c> happen,</c><00:37:37.659><c> humanly</c><00:37:38.099><c> speaking.</c>

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.800
Now<00:37:38.840><c> all</c><00:37:38.980><c> of</c><00:37:39.079><c> this</c><00:37:39.199><c> of</c><00:37:39.380><c> course</c><00:37:39.519><c> is</c><00:37:39.659><c> very</c><00:37:39.960><c> complex,</c><00:37:40.559><c> but</c><00:37:40.679><c> it's</c>

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.360
very<00:37:41.019><c> simple.</c>

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:44.219
Faith<00:37:42.079><c> is</c><00:37:42.340><c> the</c><00:37:42.460><c> ability</c><00:37:42.760><c> to</c><00:37:42.980><c> close</c><00:37:43.219><c> the</c><00:37:43.420><c> future</c><00:37:43.639><c> with</c><00:37:43.880><c> substance.</c>

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:46.920
There's<00:37:44.719><c> only</c><00:37:44.960><c> one</c><00:37:45.300><c> thing</c><00:37:45.539><c> more</c><00:37:45.880><c> necessary</c><00:37:46.320><c> for</c><00:37:46.500><c> us</c><00:37:46.639><c> to</c><00:37:46.780><c> know</c>

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.500
about<00:37:47.179><c> faith,</c>

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:50.039
brothers<00:37:47.780><c> and</c><00:37:47.860><c> sisters,</c><00:37:48.239><c> before</c><00:37:48.559><c> we</c><00:37:48.800><c> proceed</c><00:37:49.079><c> into</c><00:37:49.260><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:49.579><c> 11.</c>

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:54.980
And<00:37:50.579><c> it's</c><00:37:51.000><c> extremely</c><00:37:51.500><c> important</c><00:37:52.099><c> and</c><00:37:52.679><c> it</c><00:37:52.920><c> takes</c><00:37:53.099><c> up</c><00:37:53.360><c> a</c><00:37:53.679><c> complete</c><00:37:53.940><c> section,</c><00:37:54.519><c> or</c><00:37:54.860><c> a</c>

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.860
complete<00:37:55.340><c> chapter,</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:59.619
no,<00:37:56.380><c> I'm</c><00:37:56.539><c> sorry,</c><00:37:57.119><c> a</c><00:37:57.280><c> complete</c><00:37:57.579><c> section</c><00:37:58.039><c> in</c><00:37:58.239><c> the</c><00:37:58.320><c> Alps</c><00:37:58.500><c> as</c><00:37:58.679><c> well.</c>

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:03.460
There's<00:38:00.260><c> about</c><00:38:00.559><c> 20</c><00:38:00.820><c> or</c><00:38:00.940><c> 30</c><00:38:01.199><c> pages</c><00:38:01.599><c> written</c><00:38:01.840><c> on</c><00:38:02.099><c> this</c><00:38:02.239><c> very</c><00:38:02.599><c> thing.</c>

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.619
You<00:38:03.780><c> see,</c><00:38:03.860><c> this</c><00:38:04.039><c> is</c><00:38:04.219><c> the</c><00:38:04.380><c> point,</c><00:38:04.619><c> and</c><00:38:04.760><c> I</c><00:38:04.900><c> hope</c><00:38:05.000><c> you</c><00:38:05.159><c> all</c><00:38:05.320><c> understand.</c>

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:08.099
What<00:38:05.900><c> I'm</c><00:38:06.039><c> going</c><00:38:06.179><c> to</c><00:38:06.340><c> say</c><00:38:06.460><c> is</c><00:38:06.699><c> so</c><00:38:06.960><c> fundamental</c><00:38:07.199><c> and</c><00:38:07.460><c> so</c><00:38:07.780><c> simple,</c>

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.199
but<00:38:08.500><c> I</c><00:38:08.599><c> want</c><00:38:08.679><c> to</c><00:38:08.800><c> put</c><00:38:08.880><c> it</c><00:38:08.980><c> in</c><00:38:09.059><c> a</c><00:38:09.239><c> way</c><00:38:09.380><c> in</c><00:38:09.500><c> which</c><00:38:09.539><c> to</c><00:38:09.820><c> impress</c><00:38:10.039><c> you</c>

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.460
with<00:38:10.300><c> it.</c>

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.880
So<00:38:10.739><c> it's</c><00:38:10.880><c> not</c><00:38:11.019><c> difficult</c><00:38:11.300><c> to</c><00:38:11.519><c> understand.</c>

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:14.400
I'm<00:38:12.139><c> just</c><00:38:12.300><c> trying</c><00:38:12.420><c> to</c><00:38:12.539><c> tell</c><00:38:12.699><c> you</c><00:38:12.780><c> to</c><00:38:12.960><c> impress</c><00:38:13.239><c> you</c><00:38:13.440><c> with</c><00:38:13.559><c> this.</c>

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:18.880
If<00:38:15.440><c> we</c><00:38:15.820><c> take</c><00:38:16.059><c> the</c><00:38:16.340><c> definition</c><00:38:16.719><c> of</c><00:38:17.019><c> faith</c><00:38:17.139><c> so</c><00:38:17.559><c> far</c><00:38:17.760><c> to</c><00:38:18.039><c> mean</c>

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:22.760
that<00:38:19.500><c> it's</c><00:38:19.719><c> a</c><00:38:19.840><c> confident</c><00:38:20.119><c> anticipation</c><00:38:20.940><c> of</c><00:38:21.280><c> things</c><00:38:21.559><c> hoped</c><00:38:21.880><c> for.</c>

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:26.619
Further,<00:38:24.360><c> it's</c><00:38:24.840><c> an</c><00:38:24.980><c> ability</c><00:38:25.500><c> to</c><00:38:25.840><c> look</c><00:38:26.039><c> at</c><00:38:26.179><c> the</c><00:38:26.340><c> future.</c>

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:28.780
We<00:38:26.800><c> can't</c><00:38:27.139><c> see</c><00:38:27.360><c> it,</c><00:38:27.539><c> and</c><00:38:27.679><c> yet</c><00:38:27.800><c> we</c><00:38:28.099><c> really</c><00:38:28.480><c> can.</c>

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:30.659
There's<00:38:29.539><c> the</c><00:38:29.800><c> kingdom</c><00:38:30.059><c> of</c><00:38:30.340><c> God.</c>

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:33.139
There's<00:38:31.380><c> the</c><00:38:31.579><c> Lord</c><00:38:31.820><c> Jesus</c><00:38:32.199><c> Christ</c><00:38:32.500><c> upon</c><00:38:32.739><c> the</c><00:38:32.940><c> throne.</c>

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:35.579
There's<00:38:33.699><c> the</c><00:38:34.000><c> earth</c><00:38:34.260><c> blossoming</c><00:38:34.719><c> and</c><00:38:34.980><c> budding</c><00:38:35.179><c> and</c><00:38:35.420><c> filling</c>

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.780
the<00:38:35.820><c> face</c><00:38:35.940><c> of</c><00:38:36.079><c> the</c><00:38:36.219><c> world</c><00:38:36.380><c> with</c><00:38:36.639><c> fruit.</c>

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.420
There's<00:38:37.619><c> Israel</c><00:38:37.920><c> redeemed.</c>

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:40.360
These<00:38:38.920><c> things</c><00:38:39.119><c> which</c><00:38:39.360><c> mean</c><00:38:39.519><c> so</c><00:38:39.739><c> much</c><00:38:39.880><c> to</c><00:38:40.119><c> us.</c>

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:42.420
Now<00:38:40.820><c> we</c><00:38:40.920><c> were</c><00:38:41.119><c> able</c><00:38:41.239><c> to</c><00:38:41.440><c> do</c><00:38:41.599><c> that,</c><00:38:42.239><c> right?</c>

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.380
Faith<00:38:42.840><c> has</c><00:38:43.019><c> given</c><00:38:43.159><c> us</c><00:38:43.360><c> that</c><00:38:43.500><c> ability.</c>

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:47.940
But<00:38:45.679><c> brethren</c><00:38:45.880><c> and</c><00:38:46.079><c> sisters,</c><00:38:46.360><c> there's</c><00:38:46.460><c> one</c><00:38:46.659><c> other</c><00:38:47.079><c> ingredient</c><00:38:47.539><c> we</c><00:38:47.739><c> need</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.719
to<00:38:48.280><c> keep</c><00:38:48.280><c> in</c><00:38:48.519><c> mind,</c>

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:50.699
which<00:38:48.880><c> of</c><00:38:49.480><c> course</c><00:38:49.679><c> is</c><00:38:49.940><c> implicit</c><00:38:50.280><c> in</c><00:38:50.420><c> all</c><00:38:50.559><c> that,</c>

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:54.340
and<00:38:50.940><c> that</c><00:38:51.059><c> is</c><00:38:51.300><c> this,</c><00:38:51.679><c> that</c><00:38:51.980><c> every</c><00:38:52.360><c> element</c><00:38:52.840><c> of</c><00:38:53.400><c> what</c><00:38:53.619><c> we</c><00:38:53.940><c> see</c>

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:59.019
has<00:38:54.780><c> got</c><00:38:55.039><c> to</c><00:38:55.239><c> be</c><00:38:55.400><c> backed</c><00:38:55.619><c> up</c><00:38:55.840><c> by</c><00:38:56.440><c> thus</c><00:38:57.000><c> says</c><00:38:57.599><c> the</c><00:38:58.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:03.880
In<00:38:59.980><c> other</c><00:39:00.219><c> words,</c><00:39:01.179><c> I</c><00:39:01.460><c> could</c><00:39:01.659><c> have</c><00:39:01.980><c> faith</c><00:39:02.340><c> in</c><00:39:02.760><c> some</c><00:39:03.000><c> object</c><00:39:03.500><c> of</c>

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.440
my<00:39:04.239><c> hope,</c>

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.300
and<00:39:04.639><c> I</c><00:39:05.820><c> can</c><00:39:06.000><c> close</c><00:39:06.440><c> that</c><00:39:06.719><c> with</c><00:39:06.940><c> reality</c><00:39:07.400><c> magnificently,</c>

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.840
especially<00:39:08.719><c> if</c><00:39:08.880><c> it</c><00:39:09.000><c> appeals</c><00:39:09.219><c> to</c><00:39:09.480><c> my</c><00:39:09.699><c> human</c><00:39:09.940><c> nature.</c>

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:15.179
I'm<00:39:12.000><c> going</c><00:39:12.079><c> to</c><00:39:12.119><c> buy</c><00:39:12.320><c> a</c><00:39:12.420><c> new</c><00:39:12.559><c> motor</c><00:39:12.860><c> car.</c>

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:20.619
Boy,<00:39:15.639><c> can</c><00:39:15.820><c> I</c><00:39:15.960><c> see</c><00:39:16.079><c> that</c><00:39:16.300><c> model</c><00:39:16.619><c> as</c><00:39:17.900><c> clear</c><00:39:18.599><c> as</c><00:39:19.760><c> steel.</c>

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:23.000
There<00:39:21.179><c> is.</c><00:39:21.719><c> You</c><00:39:21.900><c> can</c><00:39:22.179><c> picture</c><00:39:22.340><c> that</c><00:39:22.539><c> in</c><00:39:22.599><c> your</c><00:39:22.780><c> mind.</c>

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.659
It's<00:39:23.239><c> something</c><00:39:23.460><c> you</c><00:39:23.780><c> haven't</c><00:39:24.000><c> really</c><00:39:24.320><c> seen</c><00:39:24.500><c> yet.</c>

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:27.000
Someone's<00:39:25.119><c> described</c><00:39:25.420><c> it</c><00:39:25.639><c> to</c><00:39:25.739><c> you,</c><00:39:26.219><c> but</c><00:39:26.400><c> it's</c><00:39:26.619><c> coming</c><00:39:26.820><c> out,</c>

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.760
this<00:39:27.159><c> new</c><00:39:27.400><c> model,</c>

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:29.840
and<00:39:28.360><c> you</c><00:39:28.599><c> can</c><00:39:28.840><c> see</c><00:39:28.940><c> it.</c>

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.840
Now<00:39:30.679><c> you're</c><00:39:31.079><c> imagining</c><00:39:31.440><c> that.</c>

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:33.780
Whatever<00:39:32.179><c> the</c><00:39:32.400><c> object</c><00:39:32.639><c> of</c><00:39:32.840><c> desire</c><00:39:33.019><c> that</c><00:39:33.199><c> you</c><00:39:33.380><c> may</c><00:39:33.559><c> have</c>

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:36.559
that's<00:39:34.059><c> got</c><00:39:34.340><c> nothing,</c><00:39:34.619><c> whatever</c><00:39:34.900><c> to</c><00:39:35.079><c> do</c><00:39:35.159><c> with</c><00:39:35.280><c> the</c><00:39:35.420><c> word</c><00:39:35.539><c> of</c><00:39:35.780><c> God.</c>

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:39.300
But<00:39:37.420><c> you</c><00:39:37.579><c> do</c><00:39:37.739><c> that,</c><00:39:38.219><c> and</c><00:39:38.460><c> holiday</c><00:39:38.659><c> is</c><00:39:38.820><c> coming</c><00:39:39.039><c> up.</c>

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:41.119
Brothers<00:39:39.599><c> and</c><00:39:39.780><c> sisters</c><00:39:39.780><c> are</c><00:39:39.900><c> going</c><00:39:40.000><c> on</c><00:39:40.219><c> holidays.</c>

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.579
Have<00:39:41.320><c> you</c><00:39:41.400><c> ever</c><00:39:41.559><c> sat</c><00:39:41.679><c> down</c><00:39:41.860><c> and</c><00:39:42.019><c> planned</c><00:39:42.159><c> a</c><00:39:42.280><c> holiday</c><00:39:42.420><c> with</c>

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.980
your<00:39:42.780><c> wife</c>

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:46.639
and<00:39:43.460><c> looked</c><00:39:43.679><c> over</c><00:39:43.960><c> a</c><00:39:44.139><c> map,</c><00:39:44.760><c> and</c><00:39:44.880><c> the</c><00:39:45.019><c> map's</c><00:39:45.280><c> got</c><00:39:45.480><c> lines</c><00:39:45.760><c> on</c><00:39:45.900><c> it,</c><00:39:46.639><c> names.</c>

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.599
But<00:39:47.340><c> when</c><00:39:47.599><c> you're</c><00:39:47.840><c> tracing</c><00:39:48.059><c> it,</c><00:39:48.199><c> you</c><00:39:48.300><c> think,</c>

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:51.219
oh,<00:39:48.960><c> we're</c><00:39:49.139><c> going</c><00:39:49.179><c> to</c><00:39:49.239><c> come</c><00:39:49.420><c> here</c><00:39:49.639><c> to</c><00:39:50.000><c> Newcastle,</c><00:39:50.980><c> to</c><00:39:50.980><c> the</c>

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.780
Lake<00:39:51.380><c> Macquarie,</c>

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.119
and<00:39:51.880><c> all</c><00:39:52.000><c> of</c><00:39:52.139><c> a</c><00:39:52.159><c> sudden</c><00:39:52.260><c> the</c><00:39:52.480><c> lake</c><00:39:52.659><c> appears</c><00:39:52.920><c> there,</c>

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.619
and<00:39:53.199><c> you</c><00:39:53.280><c> see</c><00:39:53.380><c> the</c><00:39:53.579><c> Bible</c><00:39:53.860><c> school</c><00:39:54.059><c> there,</c><00:39:54.199><c> and</c><00:39:54.280><c> you</c><00:39:54.340><c> see</c><00:39:54.480><c> all</c>

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.199
your<00:39:54.739><c> friends</c><00:39:55.000><c> there,</c>

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:58.059
and<00:39:55.280><c> you</c><00:39:55.420><c> see</c><00:39:55.539><c> everything</c><00:39:55.800><c> else,</c><00:39:56.119><c> don't</c><00:39:56.400><c> you,</c><00:39:57.320><c> captain?</c>

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:01.820
You<00:39:59.219><c> see,</c><00:39:59.599><c> you</c><00:40:00.059><c> do</c><00:40:00.280><c> that.</c><00:40:00.500><c> We</c><00:40:00.639><c> all</c><00:40:00.840><c> do</c><00:40:01.039><c> that</c><00:40:01.199><c> in</c><00:40:01.340><c> one</c><00:40:01.539><c> way</c><00:40:01.639><c> or</c><00:40:01.639><c> another.</c>

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:05.079
But<00:40:02.320><c> that's</c><00:40:02.440><c> not</c><00:40:02.860><c> what</c><00:40:03.059><c> the</c><00:40:03.239><c> Bible</c><00:40:03.440><c> talks</c><00:40:03.679><c> about</c><00:40:04.039><c> faith,</c><00:40:04.739><c> you</c><00:40:04.920><c> see,</c>

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:07.500
because<00:40:05.719><c> that's</c><00:40:06.300><c> a</c><00:40:06.420><c> different</c><00:40:06.619><c> type</c><00:40:06.820><c> of</c><00:40:06.940><c> thing</c><00:40:07.059><c> entirely.</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.719
That's<00:40:07.880><c> not</c><00:40:08.059><c> biblical</c><00:40:08.480><c> faith.</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.780
And<00:40:08.960><c> Brother</c><00:40:09.199><c> Thomas,</c><00:40:09.559><c> in</c><00:40:09.679><c> the</c><00:40:09.840><c> opposite</c><00:40:10.039><c> world,</c><00:40:10.500><c> deals</c><00:40:10.639><c> with</c>

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.440
this<00:40:10.920><c> at</c><00:40:11.179><c> length</c>

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.780
because,<00:40:11.860><c> you</c><00:40:11.980><c> see,</c><00:40:12.179><c> the</c><00:40:12.320><c> churches</c><00:40:12.519><c> say</c><00:40:12.719><c> they've</c><00:40:12.860><c> got</c><00:40:13.059><c> faith.</c>

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.719
The<00:40:14.780><c> churches</c><00:40:14.960><c> say,</c><00:40:15.219><c> I've</c><00:40:15.340><c> got</c><00:40:15.519><c> faith.</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:18.760
And<00:40:15.980><c> those</c><00:40:16.239><c> people</c><00:40:16.539><c> act,</c><00:40:17.000><c> many</c><00:40:17.219><c> of</c><00:40:17.440><c> them</c><00:40:17.559><c> do,</c><00:40:17.900><c> I'm</c><00:40:17.980><c> not</c><00:40:18.179><c> saying</c><00:40:18.300><c> now,</c>

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:21.039
but<00:40:19.139><c> in</c><00:40:19.300><c> Brother</c><00:40:19.500><c> Thomas'</c><00:40:19.940><c> age,</c><00:40:20.159><c> in</c><00:40:20.320><c> the</c><00:40:20.440><c> Victorian</c><00:40:20.800><c> age,</c>

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:23.300
they<00:40:21.360><c> did</c><00:40:21.659><c> act</c><00:40:21.840><c> as</c><00:40:22.000><c> if</c><00:40:22.099><c> they</c><00:40:22.340><c> did</c><00:40:22.679><c> believe</c><00:40:22.980><c> it.</c>

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:25.880
People<00:40:23.980><c> did</c><00:40:24.340><c> Christian</c><00:40:24.860><c> things.</c>

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:28.300
Men<00:40:26.260><c> gave</c><00:40:26.500><c> themselves</c><00:40:26.840><c> to</c><00:40:27.039><c> be</c><00:40:27.219><c> burned</c><00:40:27.380><c> at</c><00:40:27.559><c> the</c><00:40:27.719><c> stake</c><00:40:27.900><c> in</c><00:40:28.099><c> eras</c>

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:29.139
gone<00:40:28.639><c> by.</c>

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:31.360
Fair<00:40:29.539><c> to</c><00:40:29.679><c> the</c><00:40:29.880><c> lions,</c><00:40:30.400><c> they</c><00:40:30.500><c> reckoned</c><00:40:30.699><c> by</c><00:40:30.900><c> faith,</c>

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:34.000
but<00:40:31.719><c> they</c><00:40:32.000><c> believed</c><00:40:32.199><c> in</c><00:40:32.360><c> a</c><00:40:32.500><c> fallacy.</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:36.539
Yet<00:40:34.539><c> they</c><00:40:34.780><c> died</c><00:40:35.019><c> upon</c><00:40:35.260><c> the</c><00:40:35.500><c> stake,</c><00:40:35.719><c> looking</c><00:40:35.940><c> up</c><00:40:36.139><c> to</c><00:40:36.260><c> heaven,</c>

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:38.880
and<00:40:36.920><c> seeing</c><00:40:37.159><c> the</c><00:40:37.400><c> glory</c><00:40:37.739><c> of</c><00:40:37.960><c> God</c><00:40:38.119><c> there,</c><00:40:38.440><c> as</c><00:40:38.460><c> they</c><00:40:38.619><c> said,</c>

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:41.360
some<00:40:39.219><c> of</c><00:40:39.320><c> them,</c><00:40:39.579><c> in</c><00:40:39.699><c> their</c><00:40:39.900><c> last</c><00:40:40.239><c> words</c><00:40:40.539><c> to</c><00:40:40.780><c> their</c><00:40:40.960><c> enemies,</c>

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:43.559
repeating<00:40:42.000><c> the</c><00:40:42.179><c> words</c><00:40:42.320><c> of</c><00:40:42.519><c> Stephen,</c>

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.900
laying<00:40:44.000><c> off</c><00:40:44.239><c> this</c><00:40:44.360><c> sin</c><00:40:44.500><c> to</c><00:40:44.639><c> their</c><00:40:44.860><c> charge,</c><00:40:45.199><c> and</c><00:40:45.280><c> so</c><00:40:45.460><c> on.</c>

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:47.260
Christians<00:40:46.679><c> have</c><00:40:46.860><c> done</c><00:40:47.000><c> that,</c>

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:50.079
believing<00:40:47.559><c> in</c><00:40:47.780><c> the</c><00:40:47.880><c> immortality</c><00:40:48.320><c> of</c><00:40:48.519><c> the</c><00:40:48.579><c> soul</c><00:40:48.739><c> and</c><00:40:48.880><c> going</c><00:40:49.079><c> to</c><00:40:49.300><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:51.920
That's<00:40:50.519><c> not</c><00:40:50.679><c> scriptural</c><00:40:51.099><c> faith.</c>

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:53.400
Why<00:40:52.460><c> isn't</c><00:40:52.719><c> it?</c>

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:56.619
Because<00:40:53.940><c> the</c><00:40:54.159><c> Bible</c><00:40:54.400><c> says,</c><00:40:55.219><c> in</c><00:40:55.260><c> Romans</c><00:40:55.679><c> chapter</c><00:40:56.000><c> 10,</c><00:40:56.380><c> verse</c>

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:58.460
17,<00:40:57.039><c> just</c><00:40:57.360><c> this.</c>

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:17.099
So<00:41:11.260><c> then,</c><00:41:12.280><c> faith</c><00:41:12.280><c> cometh</c><00:41:12.699><c> by</c><00:41:13.099><c> hearing,</c><00:41:15.719><c> and</c><00:41:15.860><c> hearing</c><00:41:16.460><c> by</c><00:41:16.840><c> the</c>

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.000
word<00:41:17.340><c> of</c><00:41:17.500><c> God.</c>

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:21.699
Now,<00:41:18.820><c> brothers</c><00:41:18.920><c> and</c><00:41:19.119><c> sisters,</c><00:41:19.780><c> when</c><00:41:20.000><c> we</c><00:41:20.280><c> quote</c><00:41:20.559><c> the</c><00:41:20.760><c> 10th</c><00:41:21.159><c> chapter</c><00:41:21.380><c> of</c><00:41:21.519><c> Romans,</c>

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:25.219
verse<00:41:22.119><c> 17,</c><00:41:22.780><c> to</c><00:41:22.940><c> prove</c><00:41:23.159><c> that</c><00:41:23.400><c> faith</c><00:41:23.659><c> comes</c><00:41:23.960><c> by</c><00:41:24.199><c> hearing</c><00:41:24.480><c> the</c><00:41:24.599><c> word</c><00:41:24.760><c> of</c><00:41:24.900><c> God,</c>

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:28.039
notice<00:41:25.900><c> how</c><00:41:26.260><c> explicit</c><00:41:26.760><c> Paul</c><00:41:27.019><c> is</c><00:41:27.260><c> about</c><00:41:27.480><c> it.</c>

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:33.139
Faith<00:41:28.780><c> cometh</c><00:41:29.159><c> by</c><00:41:29.599><c> hearing,</c><00:41:30.500><c> and</c><00:41:30.880><c> hearing</c><00:41:31.559><c> by</c><00:41:31.860><c> the</c><00:41:32.159><c> word</c><00:41:32.380><c> of</c><00:41:32.719><c> God.</c>

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.960
Why?

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:36.519
Because<00:41:34.360><c> Paul</c><00:41:34.659><c> knew</c><00:41:34.900><c> that</c><00:41:35.039><c> there</c><00:41:35.179><c> were</c><00:41:35.480><c> faiths</c><00:41:36.000><c> many</c><00:41:36.099><c> in</c><00:41:36.280><c> the</c><00:41:36.460><c> world.</c>

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.840
You<00:41:37.360><c> can</c><00:41:37.599><c> exercise</c><00:41:38.059><c> your</c><00:41:38.400><c> imagination</c><00:41:38.860><c> and</c><00:41:39.159><c> close</c><00:41:39.340><c> all</c><00:41:39.659><c> sorts</c>

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.099
of<00:41:39.980><c> things</c>

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:42.639
with<00:41:40.320><c> substance</c><00:41:40.619><c> in</c><00:41:40.780><c> your</c><00:41:41.019><c> imagination</c><00:41:41.500><c> on</c><00:41:41.880><c> the</c><00:41:42.059><c> basis</c><00:41:42.280><c> of</c>

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.460
false<00:41:42.880><c> reports.</c>

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.820
That's<00:41:44.159><c> not</c><00:41:44.460><c> scriptural</c><00:41:44.940><c> faith.</c>

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:48.780
And<00:41:46.500><c> you</c><00:41:46.639><c> see,</c><00:41:46.860><c> a</c><00:41:46.880><c> person</c><00:41:47.159><c> may</c><00:41:47.460><c> go</c><00:41:47.619><c> through</c><00:41:47.800><c> their</c><00:41:48.019><c> whole</c><00:41:48.300><c> life</c>

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:51.800
dedicating<00:41:49.480><c> themselves</c><00:41:49.860><c> to</c><00:41:50.079><c> some</c><00:41:50.280><c> ideal</c><00:41:50.719><c> that</c><00:41:50.880><c> they</c><00:41:51.159><c> believe</c>

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:53.280
that<00:41:52.199><c> God</c><00:41:52.420><c> has</c><00:41:52.659><c> set</c><00:41:52.800><c> before</c><00:41:53.099><c> them,</c>

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.820
only<00:41:53.559><c> to</c><00:41:53.800><c> find</c><00:41:53.920><c> when</c><00:41:54.079><c> the</c><00:41:54.159><c> Lord</c><00:41:54.340><c> Jesus</c><00:41:54.800><c> Christ</c><00:41:55.119><c> comes</c><00:41:55.440><c> that</c><00:41:55.719><c> it</c>

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:57.340
was<00:41:56.159><c> a</c><00:41:56.380><c> fallacy.</c>

00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:00.739
Now,<00:41:58.940><c> that's</c><00:41:59.199><c> not</c><00:41:59.420><c> scriptural</c><00:41:59.820><c> faith.</c>

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:03.400
It's<00:42:01.519><c> not</c><00:42:01.719><c> based</c><00:42:01.960><c> upon</c><00:42:02.239><c> what</c><00:42:02.639><c> God</c><00:42:02.940><c> has</c><00:42:03.239><c> said.</c>

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:05.300
And<00:42:03.880><c> it's</c><00:42:04.159><c> true,</c><00:42:04.579><c> brothers</c><00:42:04.719><c> and</c><00:42:04.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:10.119
the<00:42:05.800><c> quality</c><00:42:06.159><c> of</c><00:42:06.360><c> a</c><00:42:06.440><c> man's</c><00:42:07.019><c> faith</c><00:42:07.019><c> is</c><00:42:07.320><c> as</c><00:42:07.679><c> good</c><00:42:08.019><c> as</c><00:42:08.239><c> the</c><00:42:08.440><c> quality</c><00:42:08.760><c> of</c><00:42:08.920><c> his</c><00:42:09.059><c> belief.</c>

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.719
I'm<00:42:10.500><c> not</c><00:42:10.719><c> suggesting</c><00:42:11.059><c> by</c><00:42:11.360><c> that</c><00:42:11.659><c> that</c><00:42:11.920><c> the</c><00:42:12.079><c> quality</c><00:42:12.320><c> of</c><00:42:12.500><c> a</c><00:42:12.599><c> man</c>

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.440
or<00:42:12.840><c> a</c><00:42:12.920><c> woman's</c><00:42:13.320><c> faith</c>

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:15.940
is<00:42:13.619><c> as</c><00:42:13.860><c> good</c><00:42:13.960><c> as</c><00:42:14.139><c> their</c><00:42:14.300><c> intellectual</c><00:42:14.960><c> grasp</c><00:42:15.320><c> of</c><00:42:15.460><c> the</c><00:42:15.619><c> details</c>

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.440
of<00:42:16.119><c> the</c><00:42:16.260><c> word.</c>

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:19.340
I'm<00:42:16.980><c> saying</c><00:42:17.260><c> this,</c><00:42:17.820><c> that</c><00:42:17.920><c> the</c><00:42:18.099><c> quality</c><00:42:18.360><c> of</c><00:42:18.619><c> anyone's</c><00:42:19.199><c> faith</c>

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:22.679
is<00:42:19.559><c> only</c><00:42:19.800><c> as</c><00:42:20.119><c> good</c><00:42:20.300><c> as</c><00:42:20.400><c> he</c><00:42:20.639><c> accepts</c><00:42:21.000><c> exactly</c><00:42:21.760><c> what</c><00:42:22.039><c> God</c><00:42:22.239><c> has</c><00:42:22.519><c> said.</c>

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:25.099
And<00:42:23.159><c> if</c><00:42:23.280><c> he</c><00:42:23.480><c> doesn't,</c><00:42:23.780><c> that</c><00:42:23.920><c> is</c><00:42:24.199><c> not</c><00:42:24.440><c> scriptural</c><00:42:24.900><c> faith,</c>

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:26.920
and<00:42:25.239><c> it</c><00:42:25.300><c> doesn't</c><00:42:25.420><c> matter</c><00:42:25.619><c> how</c><00:42:25.880><c> much</c><00:42:26.139><c> clothing</c><00:42:26.360><c> in</c><00:42:26.519><c> the</c><00:42:26.659><c> future</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:28.039
he<00:42:27.280><c> does</c><00:42:27.460><c> with</c><00:42:27.719><c> substance,</c>

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:30.480
it's<00:42:28.460><c> useless</c><00:42:28.780><c> if</c><00:42:29.440><c> God</c><00:42:29.719><c> hasn't</c><00:42:30.000><c> revealed</c><00:42:30.320><c> it,</c>

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:32.179
because<00:42:30.619><c> that's</c><00:42:30.980><c> not</c><00:42:31.280><c> the</c><00:42:31.500><c> faith</c><00:42:31.679><c> of</c><00:42:31.900><c> God.</c>

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:35.239
Now,<00:42:33.059><c> it's</c><00:42:33.280><c> important</c><00:42:33.880><c> to</c><00:42:34.099><c> remember</c><00:42:34.340><c> that.</c>

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:37.300
It's<00:42:35.880><c> very</c><00:42:36.179><c> important</c><00:42:36.579><c> to</c><00:42:36.760><c> remember</c><00:42:36.980><c> that.</c>

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:40.960
And<00:42:37.780><c> we</c><00:42:37.920><c> as</c><00:42:38.099><c> Christa</c><00:42:38.380><c> Delvins</c><00:42:38.599><c> have</c><00:42:38.860><c> chosen</c><00:42:39.219><c> to</c><00:42:39.460><c> believe</c><00:42:39.900><c> everything</c><00:42:40.579><c> that</c>

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.239
God<00:42:41.159><c> has</c><00:42:41.519><c> said.</c>

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.960
Now,<00:42:43.059><c> there</c><00:42:43.199><c> are</c><00:42:43.519><c> many</c><00:42:43.739><c> things,</c><00:42:44.159><c> many</c><00:42:44.380><c> men</c><00:42:44.599><c> in</c><00:42:44.760><c> the</c><00:42:44.960><c> Scriptures</c><00:42:45.179><c> have</c><00:42:45.380><c> acted</c><00:42:45.579><c> in</c><00:42:45.760><c> a</c><00:42:45.860><c> way</c>

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:48.239
which<00:42:46.099><c> they</c><00:42:46.340><c> thought</c><00:42:46.420><c> was</c><00:42:46.579><c> an</c><00:42:46.719><c> expression</c><00:42:47.079><c> of</c><00:42:47.340><c> faith</c><00:42:47.559><c> towards</c><00:42:47.860><c> God</c>

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:51.420
in<00:42:48.780><c> complete</c><00:42:49.239><c> disregard</c><00:42:49.840><c> of</c><00:42:50.000><c> what</c><00:42:50.179><c> God</c><00:42:50.400><c> had</c><00:42:50.639><c> said,</c>

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:54.300
only<00:42:52.139><c> to</c><00:42:52.340><c> find</c><00:42:52.440><c> themselves</c><00:42:52.860><c> dashed</c><00:42:53.679><c> at</c><00:42:53.840><c> the</c><00:42:54.019><c> last,</c>

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.219
because<00:42:54.760><c> they</c><00:42:55.159><c> never</c><00:42:55.380><c> took</c><00:42:55.559><c> God</c><00:42:55.780><c> in</c><00:42:55.880><c> his</c><00:42:56.059><c> word,</c>

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:59.239
and<00:42:56.420><c> therefore</c><00:42:56.719><c> the</c><00:42:56.980><c> generation</c><00:42:57.659><c> of</c><00:42:58.219><c> faith</c><00:42:58.420><c> in</c><00:42:58.579><c> them</c><00:42:58.739><c> was</c><00:42:58.980><c> not</c>

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.679
based<00:42:59.500><c> upon</c>

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:02.679
what<00:42:59.880><c> God</c><00:43:00.179><c> has</c><00:43:00.360><c> said</c><00:43:00.420><c> in</c><00:43:00.599><c> the</c><00:43:00.739><c> first</c><00:43:01.019><c> instance,</c><00:43:01.360><c> and</c><00:43:01.360><c> therefore</c><00:43:01.659><c> useless.</c>

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:04.780
But<00:43:03.260><c> people</c><00:43:03.539><c> have</c><00:43:03.920><c> been</c><00:43:04.199><c> moved</c><00:43:04.340><c> to</c><00:43:04.519><c> do</c><00:43:04.639><c> things,</c>

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:06.400
as<00:43:05.000><c> Brother</c><00:43:05.179><c> Thomas</c><00:43:05.519><c> says</c><00:43:05.739><c> in</c><00:43:05.840><c> El</c><00:43:05.940><c> Paso's</c><00:43:06.300><c> book,</c>

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:08.199
they<00:43:06.860><c> have</c><00:43:07.219><c> been</c><00:43:07.420><c> moved</c><00:43:07.579><c> to</c><00:43:07.760><c> do</c><00:43:07.920><c> things,</c>

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:10.639
but<00:43:08.739><c> it's</c><00:43:09.059><c> their</c><00:43:09.159><c> fleshly</c><00:43:09.679><c> instincts,</c>

00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:12.940
even<00:43:10.980><c> unbeknown</c><00:43:11.400><c> to</c><00:43:11.579><c> them</c><00:43:11.840><c> sometimes,</c>

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.340
don't<00:43:13.239><c> even</c><00:43:13.480><c> recognize</c><00:43:13.820><c> it</c><00:43:14.000><c> because</c><00:43:14.199><c> they</c><00:43:14.480><c> have</c><00:43:14.579><c> the</c><00:43:14.719><c> audacity</c>

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:19.039
to<00:43:15.780><c> turn</c><00:43:15.920><c> their</c><00:43:16.099><c> back</c><00:43:16.300><c> upon</c><00:43:16.559><c> God,</c><00:43:17.239><c> disregard</c><00:43:17.599><c> what</c><00:43:17.820><c> he</c><00:43:18.119><c> says</c><00:43:18.480><c> specifically,</c>

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:21.679
and<00:43:19.280><c> say,</c><00:43:19.420><c> I</c><00:43:19.659><c> think</c><00:43:19.940><c> God</c><00:43:20.239><c> says</c><00:43:20.480><c> this,</c><00:43:20.699><c> yes,</c><00:43:20.960><c> well,</c><00:43:21.099><c> I'm</c><00:43:21.420><c> almost</c>

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.300
sure<00:43:21.900><c> he</c><00:43:22.019><c> does,</c>

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.980
and<00:43:22.699><c> therefore</c><00:43:22.960><c> I</c><00:43:23.219><c> will</c><00:43:23.400><c> do</c><00:43:23.579><c> so</c><00:43:23.780><c> and</c><00:43:23.860><c> so.</c>

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:27.219
And<00:43:24.440><c> it</c><00:43:24.539><c> is</c><00:43:24.760><c> not</c><00:43:25.000><c> what</c><00:43:25.179><c> God</c><00:43:25.440><c> has</c><00:43:25.860><c> determined</c><00:43:26.239><c> as</c><00:43:26.599><c> the</c><00:43:26.780><c> base</c><00:43:26.940><c> of</c>

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.980
faith<00:43:27.400><c> at</c><00:43:27.739><c> all.</c>

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:33.300
So<00:43:28.980><c> therefore,</c><00:43:29.800><c> when</c><00:43:29.980><c> we</c><00:43:30.159><c> come</c><00:43:30.380><c> to</c><00:43:30.579><c> close</c><00:43:31.079><c> the</c><00:43:31.440><c> future</c><00:43:31.840><c> with</c><00:43:32.179><c> substance,</c>

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:36.039
when<00:43:33.739><c> that</c><00:43:34.019><c> substance</c><00:43:34.400><c> finally</c><00:43:34.880><c> appears,</c>

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:40.320
it's<00:43:36.719><c> got</c><00:43:36.860><c> to</c><00:43:37.039><c> bear</c><00:43:37.639><c> some</c><00:43:38.340><c> fundamental</c><00:43:38.960><c> resemblance</c>

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:43.780
to<00:43:41.119><c> the</c><00:43:41.440><c> picture</c><00:43:41.719><c> in</c><00:43:42.039><c> our</c><00:43:42.300><c> mind</c><00:43:42.539><c> that</c><00:43:42.699><c> has</c><00:43:42.880><c> been</c><00:43:43.139><c> drawn</c><00:43:43.320><c> up</c><00:43:43.519><c> by</c>

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.880
that<00:43:44.059><c> word.</c>

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:49.639
And<00:43:46.019><c> we</c><00:43:46.099><c> will</c><00:43:46.260><c> never</c><00:43:46.420><c> know</c><00:43:46.619><c> that,</c><00:43:46.940><c> will</c><00:43:47.039><c> we,</c><00:43:48.699><c> until</c><00:43:49.019><c> Christ</c><00:43:49.340><c> comes.</c>

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:52.519
But<00:43:49.880><c> this</c><00:43:50.019><c> we</c><00:43:50.199><c> do</c><00:43:50.440><c> know,</c><00:43:51.260><c> that</c><00:43:51.400><c> we</c><00:43:51.559><c> have</c><00:43:51.679><c> at</c><00:43:51.800><c> least</c><00:43:52.000><c> got</c><00:43:52.300><c> the</c>

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.539
foundation<00:43:53.059><c> correct.</c>

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:56.059
We<00:43:54.019><c> understand</c><00:43:54.679><c> what</c><00:43:54.920><c> God's</c><00:43:55.340><c> revelation</c><00:43:55.699><c> is.</c>

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:58.199
Now,<00:43:56.719><c> on</c><00:43:56.719><c> the</c><00:43:56.900><c> basis</c><00:43:57.179><c> of</c><00:43:57.380><c> that</c><00:43:57.659><c> revelation,</c>

00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:00.639
we<00:43:58.719><c> can</c><00:43:58.960><c> therefore</c><00:43:59.340><c> close</c><00:43:59.639><c> the</c><00:43:59.900><c> future</c><00:44:00.099><c> with</c><00:44:00.320><c> substance</c>

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:03.059
on<00:44:00.880><c> the</c><00:44:01.119><c> grounds</c><00:44:01.380><c> of</c><00:44:01.579><c> the</c><00:44:01.760><c> word</c><00:44:01.960><c> of</c><00:44:02.139><c> the</c><00:44:02.320><c> eternal</c><00:44:02.679><c> creator,</c>

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:06.639
and<00:44:03.320><c> that</c><00:44:03.719><c> is</c><00:44:04.179><c> the</c><00:44:04.679><c> substratum</c><00:44:05.559><c> of</c><00:44:05.840><c> faith.</c>

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:11.260
Now,<00:44:07.219><c> if</c><00:44:07.340><c> we</c><00:44:07.380><c> can</c><00:44:07.559><c> remember</c><00:44:07.900><c> that,</c><00:44:08.559><c> see,</c><00:44:09.699><c> like</c><00:44:09.940><c> this,</c>

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:16.679
thinking<00:44:12.360><c> back</c><00:44:12.679><c> upon</c><00:44:12.900><c> the</c><00:44:13.079><c> matter,</c><00:44:14.739><c> here</c><00:44:14.960><c> is</c><00:44:15.159><c> the</c><00:44:15.280><c> kingdom</c><00:44:15.460><c> of</c><00:44:15.619><c> God,</c>

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:19.119
and<00:44:17.559><c> you</c><00:44:17.659><c> think,</c><00:44:17.900><c> yes,</c><00:44:18.079><c> the</c><00:44:18.219><c> kingdom</c><00:44:18.360><c> is</c><00:44:18.460><c> going</c><00:44:18.539><c> to</c><00:44:18.619><c> be</c><00:44:18.719><c> like</c><00:44:18.940><c> this,</c>

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:22.059
it's<00:44:19.260><c> going</c><00:44:19.380><c> to</c><00:44:19.440><c> be</c><00:44:19.539><c> like</c><00:44:19.780><c> that,</c><00:44:20.980><c> this</c><00:44:21.199><c> is</c><00:44:21.340><c> going</c><00:44:21.440><c> to</c><00:44:21.639><c> change,</c>

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:24.980
this<00:44:22.619><c> is</c><00:44:22.780><c> going</c><00:44:22.860><c> to</c><00:44:23.039><c> happen,</c><00:44:23.280><c> and</c><00:44:23.460><c> you</c><00:44:23.579><c> build</c><00:44:23.739><c> up</c><00:44:23.900><c> in</c><00:44:24.000><c> your</c><00:44:24.179><c> mind</c><00:44:24.400><c> a</c><00:44:24.699><c> picture,</c>

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:27.900
a<00:44:25.219><c> word</c><00:44:25.460><c> picture,</c><00:44:25.880><c> best</c><00:44:26.019><c> pictures</c><00:44:26.260><c> in</c><00:44:26.420><c> the</c><00:44:26.559><c> world,</c><00:44:26.840><c> word</c><00:44:27.000><c> pictures,</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:32.199
your<00:44:28.500><c> own</c><00:44:28.679><c> mental</c><00:44:28.920><c> picture,</c><00:44:29.460><c> far</c><00:44:29.920><c> outweigh</c><00:44:30.420><c> any</c><00:44:31.159><c> other,</c>

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:34.940
what<00:44:32.480><c> are</c><00:44:32.559><c> they</c><00:44:32.639><c> called,</c><00:44:32.880><c> visual</c><00:44:33.079><c> aid,</c><00:44:33.659><c> useless</c><00:44:33.880><c> against</c><00:44:34.239><c> your</c><00:44:34.440><c> own</c><00:44:34.659><c> mind,</c>

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:36.739
that's<00:44:35.480><c> where</c><00:44:35.679><c> God</c><00:44:35.960><c> paints</c><00:44:36.280><c> your</c><00:44:36.519><c> pictures,</c>

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:39.760
you<00:44:37.320><c> build</c><00:44:37.519><c> it</c><00:44:37.679><c> up</c><00:44:37.820><c> there</c><00:44:38.039><c> and</c><00:44:38.159><c> you</c><00:44:38.360><c> see</c><00:44:38.519><c> a</c><00:44:38.659><c> picture</c><00:44:38.780><c> of</c><00:44:38.880><c> the</c><00:44:39.019><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:42.360
Now,<00:44:39.920><c> when</c><00:44:40.099><c> one</c><00:44:40.360><c> works</c><00:44:40.719><c> back</c><00:44:41.039><c> along</c><00:44:41.360><c> those</c><00:44:41.639><c> lines</c><00:44:41.980><c> and</c><00:44:42.139><c> thinks</c>

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.579
to<00:44:42.440><c> themselves,</c>

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:45.239
what<00:44:42.820><c> a</c><00:44:43.019><c> wonderful</c><00:44:43.280><c> thing,</c><00:44:43.920><c> and</c><00:44:44.039><c> you</c><00:44:44.159><c> come</c><00:44:44.440><c> back</c><00:44:44.579><c> and</c><00:44:44.719><c> you</c><00:44:44.900><c> say</c>

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:45.619
to<00:44:45.380><c> yourself,</c>

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:48.119
now,<00:44:46.000><c> who</c><00:44:46.400><c> said</c><00:44:46.519><c> it's</c><00:44:46.659><c> going</c><00:44:46.800><c> to</c><00:44:46.880><c> be</c><00:44:46.980><c> like</c><00:44:47.239><c> that?</c>

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:51.159
God<00:44:50.239><c> Almighty.</c>

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:55.360
Now,<00:44:52.760><c> look</c><00:44:52.960><c> at</c><00:44:53.079><c> the</c><00:44:53.340><c> comfort,</c><00:44:53.679><c> look</c><00:44:53.840><c> at</c><00:44:53.940><c> the</c><00:44:54.260><c> ground</c><00:44:54.579><c> of</c><00:44:54.800><c> that</c><00:44:55.019><c> conviction.</c>

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:58.940
Who<00:44:55.960><c> said</c><00:44:56.179><c> that?</c><00:44:57.260><c> God</c><00:44:57.699><c> Almighty.</c>

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:02.960
Now,<00:45:00.260><c> look</c><00:45:00.360><c> at</c><00:45:00.440><c> the</c><00:45:00.679><c> tragedy</c><00:45:00.960><c> of</c><00:45:01.139><c> people</c><00:45:01.340><c> who</c><00:45:01.519><c> believe</c><00:45:01.679><c> in</c><00:45:01.760><c> going</c><00:45:01.980><c> to</c><00:45:02.179><c> heaven.</c>

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:05.619
They<00:45:03.519><c> can't</c><00:45:04.179><c> say</c><00:45:04.380><c> that,</c><00:45:04.619><c> they're</c><00:45:04.820><c> not</c><00:45:05.099><c> sure,</c>

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.420
that<00:45:06.260><c> they</c><00:45:06.760><c> know</c><00:45:07.059><c> even</c><00:45:07.239><c> at</c><00:45:07.400><c> the</c><00:45:07.559><c> graveside,</c><00:45:08.019><c> there's</c><00:45:08.179><c> a</c><00:45:08.320><c> doubt</c>

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.000
in<00:45:08.579><c> their</c><00:45:08.780><c> mind,</c>

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:12.139
there's<00:45:09.519><c> got</c><00:45:09.699><c> to</c><00:45:09.920><c> be</c><00:45:10.139><c> therefore,</c><00:45:11.079><c> there's</c><00:45:11.300><c> a</c><00:45:11.420><c> faulty</c><00:45:11.639><c> foundation,</c>

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:15.039
their<00:45:12.599><c> faith's</c><00:45:13.079><c> got</c><00:45:13.179><c> to</c><00:45:13.420><c> be</c><00:45:13.539><c> faulty,</c><00:45:13.840><c> can't</c><00:45:14.300><c> have</c><00:45:14.420><c> anything</c><00:45:14.679><c> else.</c>

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:18.340
But<00:45:15.539><c> when</c><00:45:15.739><c> a</c><00:45:15.900><c> person</c><00:45:16.219><c> traces</c><00:45:16.760><c> their</c><00:45:17.039><c> way</c><00:45:17.260><c> back</c><00:45:17.519><c> to</c><00:45:17.699><c> the</c><00:45:17.900><c> source,</c>

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:21.300
and<00:45:18.820><c> hearing</c><00:45:19.260><c> by</c><00:45:19.639><c> the</c><00:45:19.880><c> word</c><00:45:20.139><c> of</c><00:45:20.619><c> God,</c>

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:24.239
oh<00:45:21.880><c> brethren</c><00:45:22.139><c> and</c><00:45:22.360><c> sisters,</c><00:45:22.960><c> we</c><00:45:23.079><c> can</c><00:45:23.420><c> close</c><00:45:23.679><c> that</c><00:45:23.980><c> future</c>

00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:26.440
with<00:45:24.460><c> as</c><00:45:24.639><c> much</c><00:45:24.900><c> substance</c><00:45:25.199><c> as</c><00:45:25.400><c> we</c><00:45:25.619><c> like.</c>

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:29.639
The<00:45:26.820><c> imagination</c><00:45:27.320><c> knows</c><00:45:27.659><c> no</c><00:45:28.079><c> limit</c><00:45:28.380><c> except</c><00:45:29.059><c> the</c><00:45:29.320><c> bounds</c><00:45:29.480><c> of</c>

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.760
that<00:45:29.840><c> word.</c>

00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:35.820
As<00:45:32.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:33.179><c> says,</c><00:45:33.960><c> blessed</c><00:45:34.260><c> is</c><00:45:34.519><c> he,</c><00:45:35.400><c> rather</c><00:45:35.599><c> he</c><00:45:35.719><c> says,</c>

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:38.840
I<00:45:35.900><c> will</c><00:45:36.119><c> keep</c><00:45:36.360><c> him</c><00:45:36.619><c> in</c><00:45:36.920><c> perfect</c><00:45:37.260><c> peace,</c><00:45:38.219><c> whose</c><00:45:38.260><c> mind,</c>

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:42.679
Hebrew<00:45:39.280><c> imagination,</c><00:45:40.940><c> is</c><00:45:41.139><c> stayed</c><00:45:41.420><c> upon</c><00:45:41.860><c> thee.</c>

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:45.300
Now,<00:45:43.500><c> I</c><00:45:43.539><c> know</c><00:45:44.099><c> I'm</c><00:45:44.280><c> spending</c><00:45:44.440><c> a</c><00:45:44.639><c> long</c><00:45:44.880><c> time</c><00:45:45.079><c> on</c><00:45:45.159><c> this,</c>

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:47.480
but<00:45:45.460><c> I</c><00:45:45.619><c> hope</c><00:45:45.719><c> it's</c><00:45:46.019><c> helpful,</c><00:45:46.340><c> because</c><00:45:46.659><c> this</c><00:45:46.920><c> is</c><00:45:47.079><c> what</c><00:45:47.159><c> I</c><00:45:47.300><c> believe</c>

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:50.920
will<00:45:47.719><c> help</c><00:45:47.820><c> us</c><00:45:48.019><c> in</c><00:45:48.099><c> our</c><00:45:48.340><c> appreciation</c><00:45:48.780><c> of</c><00:45:49.019><c> what</c><00:45:49.199><c> these</c><00:45:49.539><c> worthy</c><00:45:49.960><c> saw.</c>

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:52.719
Give<00:45:51.199><c> you</c><00:45:51.320><c> another</c><00:45:51.480><c> illustration.</c>

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:55.400
We're<00:45:53.659><c> talking</c><00:45:53.719><c> about</c><00:45:53.900><c> the</c><00:45:54.159><c> quality</c><00:45:54.400><c> of</c><00:45:54.599><c> a</c><00:45:54.659><c> man's</c><00:45:55.039><c> belief,</c>

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:57.679
and<00:45:55.840><c> his</c><00:45:56.000><c> ability</c><00:45:56.340><c> to</c><00:45:56.619><c> close</c><00:45:56.739><c> the</c><00:45:56.980><c> future</c><00:45:57.179><c> with</c><00:45:57.460><c> substance</c>

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.840
on<00:45:57.900><c> the</c><00:45:58.019><c> basis</c><00:45:58.199><c> of</c><00:45:58.440><c> his</c><00:45:58.559><c> belief.</c>

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:01.599
Now,<00:45:59.400><c> remember</c><00:45:59.619><c> what</c><00:45:59.800><c> was</c><00:46:00.079><c> said</c><00:46:00.280><c> concerning</c><00:46:00.780><c> the</c><00:46:01.099><c> people</c><00:46:01.360><c> of</c>

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:03.199
Noah's<00:46:02.019><c> day,</c>

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:12.500
that<00:46:04.039><c> in</c><00:46:05.239><c> Romans,</c><00:46:07.159><c> Genesis</c><00:46:07.539><c> chapter</c><00:46:07.940><c> 8,</c>

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:32.119
In<00:46:28.039><c> Genesis</c><00:46:28.480><c> chapter</c><00:46:28.860><c> 8,</c><00:46:29.639><c> we</c><00:46:29.659><c> read</c><00:46:29.960><c> in</c><00:46:30.179><c> verse</c><00:46:30.699><c> 21,</c>

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:37.519
after<00:46:33.380><c> the</c><00:46:33.619><c> flood,</c><00:46:35.760><c> and</c><00:46:35.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:36.280><c> smelled</c><00:46:36.659><c> a</c><00:46:36.900><c> sweet</c><00:46:37.119><c> savour,</c>

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:39.039
and<00:46:37.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:38.099><c> said</c><00:46:38.300><c> in</c><00:46:38.420><c> his</c><00:46:38.639><c> heart,</c>

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:43.039
I<00:46:39.539><c> will</c><00:46:39.739><c> not</c><00:46:39.900><c> again</c><00:46:40.239><c> curse</c><00:46:40.519><c> the</c><00:46:40.760><c> ground</c><00:46:40.920><c> any</c><00:46:41.219><c> more</c><00:46:41.420><c> for</c><00:46:41.599><c> man's</c><00:46:42.219><c> sake,</c>

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:48.920
for<00:46:43.480><c> the</c><00:46:43.860><c> imagination</c><00:46:44.679><c> of</c><00:46:45.099><c> man's</c><00:46:45.699><c> heart</c><00:46:46.039><c> is</c><00:46:46.659><c> evil</c><00:46:47.179><c> from</c><00:46:47.559><c> his</c><00:46:47.960><c> youth.</c>

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:52.000
Neither<00:46:49.599><c> will</c><00:46:49.820><c> I</c><00:46:49.980><c> again</c><00:46:50.260><c> smite</c><00:46:50.480><c> any</c><00:46:50.699><c> more</c><00:46:50.860><c> every</c><00:46:51.119><c> living</c><00:46:51.360><c> thing</c><00:46:51.639><c> as</c><00:46:51.860><c> I</c>

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.639
have<00:46:52.300><c> done.</c>

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:57.440
The<00:46:53.460><c> imagination</c><00:46:54.260><c> of</c><00:46:54.659><c> man's</c><00:46:55.260><c> heart</c><00:46:55.639><c> is</c><00:46:56.139><c> evil</c><00:46:56.639><c> from</c><00:46:56.920><c> his</c><00:46:57.239><c> youth.</c>

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:59.860
So<00:46:57.900><c> it's</c><00:46:58.019><c> not</c><00:46:58.179><c> only</c><00:46:58.360><c> what</c><00:46:58.420><c> he</c><00:46:58.559><c> believed,</c><00:46:59.280><c> brethren</c><00:46:59.460><c> and</c><00:46:59.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:02.500
it's<00:47:00.059><c> not</c><00:47:00.219><c> only</c><00:47:00.340><c> what</c><00:47:00.460><c> his</c><00:47:00.739><c> senses</c><00:47:01.059><c> took</c><00:47:01.360><c> in</c><00:47:01.739><c> as</c><00:47:02.099><c> possibility,</c>

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:06.179
but<00:47:02.980><c> what</c><00:47:03.139><c> he</c><00:47:03.440><c> thought</c><00:47:03.679><c> about</c><00:47:04.039><c> that,</c><00:47:04.780><c> and</c><00:47:04.960><c> he</c><00:47:05.480><c> dropped</c><00:47:05.760><c> upon</c><00:47:06.039><c> it,</c>

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:08.659
and<00:47:06.340><c> he</c><00:47:06.440><c> made</c><00:47:06.619><c> an</c><00:47:06.940><c> imagination</c><00:47:07.500><c> of</c><00:47:07.699><c> the</c><00:47:07.860><c> thoughts</c><00:47:08.059><c> of</c><00:47:08.199><c> his</c><00:47:08.500><c> heart,</c>

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:12.179
and<00:47:08.800><c> that</c><00:47:09.179><c> drew</c><00:47:09.460><c> him,</c><00:47:10.360><c> inevitably</c><00:47:10.860><c> and</c><00:47:11.619><c> naturally,</c>

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:14.619
by<00:47:12.739><c> his</c><00:47:12.940><c> own</c><00:47:13.139><c> instincts,</c><00:47:13.519><c> to</c><00:47:13.639><c> do</c><00:47:13.719><c> the</c><00:47:13.880><c> things</c><00:47:14.000><c> that</c><00:47:14.139><c> were</c><00:47:14.300><c> wrong.</c>

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:17.440
But<00:47:15.079><c> there's</c><00:47:15.400><c> nothing</c><00:47:15.639><c> wrong</c><00:47:16.059><c> with</c><00:47:16.360><c> the</c><00:47:16.619><c> imagination</c><00:47:17.199><c> of</c>

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:18.179
man's<00:47:17.920><c> heart</c>

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:20.480
when<00:47:18.380><c> they're</c><00:47:18.619><c> based</c><00:47:18.860><c> upon</c><00:47:19.059><c> what</c><00:47:19.340><c> God</c><00:47:19.559><c> has</c><00:47:19.780><c> said.</c>

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:23.440
Now,<00:47:20.960><c> if</c><00:47:21.059><c> you</c><00:47:21.219><c> turn</c><00:47:21.480><c> over</c><00:47:21.659><c> the</c><00:47:21.840><c> 1st</c><00:47:22.099><c> Chronicles</c><00:47:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:47:22.800><c> 28,</c>

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:26.000
you'll<00:47:24.199><c> read</c><00:47:24.340><c> very</c><00:47:24.639><c> similar</c><00:47:24.960><c> words.</c>

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:29.980
Now,<00:47:27.559><c> I</c><00:47:27.739><c> hope</c><00:47:27.860><c> this</c><00:47:28.119><c> will</c><00:47:29.039><c> be</c><00:47:29.139><c> my</c><00:47:29.360><c> final</c><00:47:29.659><c> reference</c>

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:32.559
to<00:47:30.260><c> illustrate</c><00:47:30.699><c> the</c><00:47:30.940><c> point</c><00:47:31.039><c> I'm</c><00:47:31.199><c> trying</c><00:47:31.360><c> to</c><00:47:31.559><c> make,</c>

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:36.559
which<00:47:33.360><c> isn't</c><00:47:33.599><c> difficult,</c><00:47:34.099><c> but</c><00:47:34.280><c> I</c><00:47:34.340><c> want</c><00:47:34.500><c> to</c><00:47:34.679><c> try</c><00:47:34.820><c> and</c><00:47:34.980><c> emphasize</c><00:47:35.420><c> it.</c>

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:42.699
Now,<00:47:41.619><c> you</c><00:47:41.780><c> listen</c><00:47:42.000><c> to</c><00:47:42.219><c> these</c><00:47:42.440><c> words,</c>

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:45.400
and<00:47:42.920><c> I'll</c><00:47:43.340><c> just</c><00:47:43.639><c> take</c><00:47:43.820><c> the</c><00:47:44.059><c> context</c><00:47:44.400><c> into</c><00:47:44.659><c> consideration</c><00:47:45.179><c> in</c>

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:46.420
a<00:47:45.440><c> moment.</c>

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:49.699
The<00:47:47.400><c> time</c><00:47:47.579><c> and</c><00:47:47.719><c> the</c><00:47:47.920><c> occasion</c><00:47:48.380><c> is</c><00:47:48.619><c> when</c><00:47:48.820><c> David</c><00:47:49.159><c> is</c><00:47:49.360><c> giving</c><00:47:49.500><c> his</c>

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:50.760
last<00:47:50.079><c> speech,</c>

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:54.099
1<00:47:51.340><c> Chronicles</c><00:47:51.719><c> 28</c><00:47:52.159><c> and</c><00:47:52.340><c> verse</c><00:47:52.619><c> 9.</c>

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:58.440
And<00:47:55.340><c> thou,</c><00:47:55.900><c> Solomon,</c><00:47:56.099><c> my</c><00:47:56.460><c> son,</c><00:47:56.920><c> know</c><00:47:57.219><c> thou</c><00:47:57.659><c> that</c><00:47:57.920><c> the</c><00:47:58.099><c> God</c><00:47:58.300><c> of</c>

00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:59.019
thy<00:47:58.619><c> father</c>

00:47:59.019 --> 00:48:02.679
and<00:47:59.260><c> serve</c><00:47:59.760><c> him</c><00:47:59.940><c> with</c><00:48:00.139><c> a</c><00:48:00.260><c> perfect</c><00:48:00.719><c> heart</c><00:48:01.019><c> and</c><00:48:01.139><c> with</c><00:48:01.340><c> a</c><00:48:01.380><c> willing</c><00:48:01.559><c> mind.</c>

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.900
For<00:48:03.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:03.760><c> searches</c><00:48:04.239><c> all</c><00:48:04.760><c> hearts</c>

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:09.039
and<00:48:06.519><c> understandeth</c><00:48:07.300><c> all</c><00:48:07.619><c> the</c><00:48:07.940><c> imagination</c><00:48:08.460><c> of</c><00:48:08.659><c> the</c><00:48:08.820><c> thought.</c>

00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:11.460
If<00:48:09.420><c> thou</c><00:48:09.619><c> seek</c><00:48:09.980><c> him,</c><00:48:10.239><c> he</c><00:48:10.340><c> will</c><00:48:10.500><c> be</c><00:48:10.699><c> found</c><00:48:10.940><c> of</c><00:48:11.139><c> thee,</c>

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:15.639
but<00:48:12.219><c> if</c><00:48:12.440><c> thou</c><00:48:12.679><c> forsake</c><00:48:13.159><c> him,</c><00:48:13.420><c> he</c><00:48:13.559><c> will</c><00:48:13.880><c> cast</c><00:48:14.239><c> thee</c><00:48:14.500><c> off</c><00:48:14.739><c> forever.</c>

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:18.320
Now,<00:48:16.219><c> he</c><00:48:16.400><c> searches</c><00:48:16.900><c> all</c><00:48:17.460><c> the</c><00:48:17.739><c> imagination</c>

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:20.440
and<00:48:18.579><c> the</c><00:48:18.820><c> thoughts</c><00:48:19.019><c> of</c><00:48:19.219><c> their</c><00:48:19.500><c> heart.</c>

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:23.019
Now,<00:48:20.840><c> I</c><00:48:21.079><c> think</c><00:48:21.360><c> it's</c><00:48:21.579><c> in</c><00:48:21.800><c> the</c><00:48:21.880><c> next</c><00:48:22.199><c> chapter,</c>

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:28.000
who<00:48:23.019><c> said</c><00:48:26.860><c> 17?</c>

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:31.019
Wait<00:48:29.559><c> a</c><00:48:29.699><c> minute,</c><00:48:29.900><c> no,</c><00:48:30.059><c> that's</c><00:48:30.159><c> not</c><00:48:30.360><c> the</c><00:48:30.480><c> one</c><00:48:30.539><c> I</c><00:48:30.780><c> want.</c>

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:32.760
I've<00:48:31.340><c> just</c><00:48:31.519><c> missed</c><00:48:31.679><c> the</c><00:48:31.880><c> reference</c><00:48:32.119><c> here.</c>

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:35.039
It<00:48:33.079><c> links</c><00:48:33.219><c> up</c><00:48:33.440><c> with</c><00:48:33.599><c> that</c><00:48:33.780><c> one.</c>

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:38.300
Wait<00:48:37.400><c> a</c><00:48:37.559><c> minute.</c>

00:48:39.860 --> 00:48:40.699
Yes,<00:48:40.139><c> that's</c><00:48:40.480><c> right.</c>

00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:42.820
Verse<00:48:41.059><c> 18</c><00:48:41.199><c> of</c><00:48:41.380><c> the</c><00:48:41.420><c> following</c><00:48:41.800><c> chapter.</c>

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:45.780
Now,<00:48:44.119><c> he</c><00:48:44.300><c> searches</c><00:48:44.639><c> the</c><00:48:44.940><c> imagination</c><00:48:45.360><c> of</c><00:48:45.559><c> the</c><00:48:45.639><c> heart,</c>

00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:48.059
and<00:48:46.000><c> then</c><00:48:46.219><c> David</c><00:48:46.360><c> says</c><00:48:46.659><c> later</c><00:48:46.960><c> on</c><00:48:47.159><c> in</c><00:48:47.440><c> the</c><00:48:47.500><c> next</c><00:48:47.739><c> chapter</c><00:48:47.960><c> of</c>

00:48:48.059 --> 00:48:48.679
verse<00:48:48.280><c> 18,</c>

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:53.159
O<00:48:49.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:49.920><c> Elohim</c><00:48:50.360><c> of</c><00:48:50.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:48:51.340><c> Isaac,</c><00:48:51.500><c> and</c><00:48:51.559><c> of</c><00:48:51.719><c> Israel,</c><00:48:52.099><c> our</c><00:48:52.280><c> fathers,</c>

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:57.179
keep<00:48:53.539><c> this</c><00:48:54.280><c> forever</c><00:48:55.139><c> in</c><00:48:56.019><c> the</c><00:48:56.380><c> imagination</c>

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:59.820
of<00:48:57.619><c> the</c><00:48:57.920><c> thoughts</c><00:48:58.159><c> of</c><00:48:58.360><c> the</c><00:48:58.639><c> heart</c><00:48:58.880><c> of</c><00:48:59.079><c> thy</c><00:48:59.280><c> people</c>

00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:02.039
and<00:49:00.280><c> prepare</c><00:49:00.699><c> their</c><00:49:01.039><c> heart</c><00:49:01.360><c> unto</c><00:49:01.639><c> thee.</c>

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:06.000
Now,<00:49:03.000><c> brethren</c><00:49:03.199><c> and</c><00:49:03.500><c> sisters,</c><00:49:03.920><c> here's</c><00:49:04.219><c> the</c><00:49:04.360><c> difference</c><00:49:04.719><c> between</c><00:49:05.159><c> Genesis</c><00:49:05.599><c> 8,</c>

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:09.739
which<00:49:06.219><c> uses</c><00:49:06.480><c> the</c><00:49:06.719><c> identical</c><00:49:07.179><c> language</c><00:49:07.639><c> to</c><00:49:08.000><c> the</c><00:49:08.199><c> first</c><00:49:08.380><c> Chronicles</c><00:49:08.760><c> 28</c><00:49:09.099><c> and</c><00:49:09.199><c> 29.</c>

00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:12.760
In<00:49:10.360><c> Genesis</c><00:49:10.739><c> 8,</c><00:49:11.260><c> the</c><00:49:11.480><c> thoughts</c><00:49:11.780><c> of</c><00:49:12.000><c> man's</c><00:49:12.480><c> heart</c>

00:49:12.760 --> 00:49:15.059
led<00:49:13.039><c> to</c><00:49:13.239><c> an</c><00:49:13.519><c> imagination</c><00:49:14.119><c> of</c><00:49:14.300><c> all</c><00:49:14.519><c> that</c><00:49:14.659><c> was</c><00:49:14.840><c> evil,</c>

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:17.119
and<00:49:15.239><c> of</c><00:49:15.440><c> course</c><00:49:15.599><c> he</c><00:49:15.840><c> practiced</c><00:49:16.280><c> that.</c>

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:21.019
Now,<00:49:18.219><c> David</c><00:49:18.619><c> pointed</c><00:49:18.960><c> out</c><00:49:19.199><c> that</c><00:49:19.400><c> this</c><00:49:19.719><c> thought</c><00:49:19.960><c> of</c><00:49:20.159><c> the</c><00:49:20.340><c> imagination</c><00:49:20.820><c> of</c>

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:21.539
man's<00:49:21.340><c> heart,</c>

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:23.760
if<00:49:21.719><c> they're</c><00:49:21.920><c> directed</c><00:49:22.280><c> towards</c><00:49:22.699><c> God,</c>

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:26.940
can<00:49:24.719><c> be</c><00:49:25.059><c> used</c><00:49:25.380><c> in</c><00:49:25.559><c> a</c><00:49:25.719><c> most</c><00:49:26.079><c> wonderful</c><00:49:26.480><c> way.</c>

00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:31.880
Now,<00:49:27.519><c> what</c><00:49:27.940><c> did</c><00:49:28.260><c> he</c><00:49:28.559><c> give</c><00:49:28.820><c> Solomon</c><00:49:29.320><c> when</c><00:49:30.500><c> he</c><00:49:30.699><c> said</c><00:49:30.900><c> that?</c>

00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:37.280
The<00:49:34.679><c> exact</c><00:49:35.300><c> plans</c><00:49:35.639><c> of</c><00:49:35.820><c> the</c><00:49:35.960><c> temple</c><00:49:36.199><c> helen.</c>

00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:41.199
He<00:49:37.860><c> gave</c><00:49:38.119><c> him</c><00:49:38.380><c> the</c><00:49:38.699><c> plan,</c><00:49:39.239><c> the</c><00:49:39.420><c> blueprint</c><00:49:39.880><c> that</c><00:49:40.239><c> came</c><00:49:40.460><c> from</c><00:49:40.739><c> God.</c>

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:42.519
Now,<00:49:41.800><c> here's</c><00:49:42.159><c> the</c><00:49:42.320><c> point.</c>

00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:45.559
So<00:49:42.699><c> here</c><00:49:42.920><c> is,</c><00:49:43.440><c> there</c><00:49:43.719><c> is</c><00:49:44.559><c> an</c><00:49:45.199><c> object,</c>

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:48.480
oh,<00:49:45.820><c> I</c><00:49:45.820><c> shouldn't</c><00:49:46.019><c> use</c><00:49:46.239><c> a</c><00:49:46.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:46.679><c> Post,</c><00:49:46.960><c> but</c><00:49:47.119><c> I</c><00:49:47.199><c> will,</c><00:49:47.780><c> Mr.</c><00:49:48.159><c> Ebert,</c>

00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:52.079
there<00:49:48.840><c> is</c><00:49:49.059><c> an</c><00:49:49.340><c> object</c><00:49:49.760><c> of</c><00:49:50.219><c> desire,</c><00:49:50.940><c> native</c><00:49:51.260><c> to</c><00:49:51.480><c> my</c><00:49:51.780><c> flesh.</c>

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:54.840
Now,<00:49:52.980><c> if</c><00:49:53.260><c> you</c><00:49:53.480><c> just</c><00:49:53.699><c> showed</c><00:49:53.860><c> me</c><00:49:54.019><c> that</c><00:49:54.159><c> and</c><00:49:54.420><c> shove</c><00:49:54.559><c> it</c><00:49:54.659><c> under</c>

00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:55.239
the<00:49:55.039><c> table,</c>

00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:57.460
because<00:49:55.619><c> it's</c><00:49:56.219><c> so</c><00:49:56.539><c> native</c><00:49:56.780><c> to</c><00:49:57.000><c> my</c><00:49:57.300><c> flesh,</c>

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:59.539
the<00:49:57.840><c> imagination</c><00:49:58.320><c> of</c><00:49:58.579><c> my</c><00:49:58.820><c> thoughts</c><00:49:58.980><c> had</c><00:49:59.159><c> run</c><00:49:59.320><c> right,</c>

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:02.280
I<00:49:59.780><c> could</c><00:50:00.039><c> see</c><00:50:00.139><c> that</c><00:50:00.360><c> as</c><00:50:00.719><c> clearly</c><00:50:00.960><c> as</c><00:50:01.159><c> if</c><00:50:01.260><c> it</c><00:50:01.340><c> was</c><00:50:01.619><c> put</c><00:50:01.860><c> up</c><00:50:02.079><c> there,</c>

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:04.619
because<00:50:03.179><c> my</c><00:50:03.579><c> body</c><00:50:03.840><c> reacts</c><00:50:04.199><c> to</c><00:50:04.420><c> that.</c>

00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:07.460
It's<00:50:05.139><c> not</c><00:50:05.320><c> difficult</c><00:50:05.659><c> for</c><00:50:05.880><c> me,</c><00:50:06.099><c> it's</c><00:50:06.420><c> difficult</c><00:50:06.679><c> to</c><00:50:07.019><c> stop</c><00:50:07.219><c> me</c>

00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:07.980
thinking<00:50:07.659><c> about</c><00:50:07.880><c> it,</c>

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:12.079
so<00:50:08.119><c> that</c><00:50:08.280><c> I</c><00:50:08.559><c> see</c><00:50:08.679><c> it</c><00:50:08.900><c> so</c><00:50:09.260><c> clearly</c><00:50:09.579><c> there,</c><00:50:10.199><c> so</c><00:50:10.579><c> vividly</c><00:50:11.079><c> portrayed</c><00:50:11.500><c> before</c><00:50:11.920><c> me,</c>

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:13.920
because<00:50:12.539><c> it's</c><00:50:12.760><c> all</c><00:50:12.980><c> native</c><00:50:13.239><c> to</c><00:50:13.480><c> me,</c>

00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:17.840
based<00:50:14.679><c> upon</c><00:50:15.000><c> things</c><00:50:15.280><c> which</c><00:50:15.599><c> appeal</c><00:50:15.800><c> to</c><00:50:15.960><c> my</c><00:50:16.199><c> flesh</c><00:50:16.500><c> so</c><00:50:17.079><c> appealingly,</c>

00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:20.380
so<00:50:18.099><c> much</c><00:50:18.360><c> in</c><00:50:18.579><c> affinity</c><00:50:18.940><c> with</c><00:50:19.199><c> my</c><00:50:19.420><c> flesh.</c>

00:50:20.820 --> 00:50:24.639
Ah,<00:50:22.460><c> there's</c><00:50:22.880><c> the</c><00:50:23.039><c> blueprint</c><00:50:23.360><c> of</c><00:50:23.559><c> the</c><00:50:23.719><c> temple.</c>

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:26.880
And<00:50:26.159><c> everything's</c><00:50:26.639><c> there.</c>

00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:31.239
You<00:50:27.360><c> look</c><00:50:27.539><c> at</c><00:50:27.719><c> Chronicles,</c><00:50:28.300><c> the</c><00:50:28.559><c> porch,</c><00:50:29.559><c> the</c><00:50:29.780><c> hall,</c><00:50:30.840><c> the</c><00:50:31.019><c> this</c>

00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:32.179
and<00:50:31.460><c> that,</c><00:50:31.719><c> the</c><00:50:31.900><c> pillars,</c>

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:34.960
and<00:50:32.800><c> it's</c><00:50:32.960><c> all</c><00:50:33.199><c> there,</c><00:50:33.440><c> the</c><00:50:33.880><c> exact</c><00:50:34.420><c> plan.</c>

00:50:35.460 --> 00:50:40.159
Now,<00:50:35.739><c> David</c><00:50:36.019><c> says,</c><00:50:36.880><c> keep</c><00:50:37.059><c> that</c><00:50:37.460><c> in</c><00:50:37.699><c> the</c><00:50:37.980><c> thoughts</c><00:50:38.300><c> of</c><00:50:38.780><c> the</c><00:50:39.099><c> imagination</c><00:50:39.679><c> of</c>

00:50:40.159 --> 00:50:41.260
thy<00:50:40.340><c> people.</c>

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:44.079
What?<00:50:43.099><c> That.</c>

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:46.940
Their<00:50:44.980><c> thoughts,</c><00:50:45.300><c> brothers</c><00:50:45.519><c> and</c><00:50:45.599><c> sisters,</c><00:50:46.199><c> knew</c><00:50:46.360><c> no</c><00:50:46.699><c> limits.</c>

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:50.239
Their<00:50:47.539><c> imagination</c><00:50:48.079><c> of</c><00:50:48.219><c> that</c><00:50:48.380><c> temple</c><00:50:48.579><c> knew</c><00:50:48.860><c> no</c><00:50:49.119><c> limits,</c><00:50:49.639><c> except</c><00:50:50.000><c> the</c>

00:50:50.239 --> 00:50:51.500
limits<00:50:50.380><c> of</c><00:50:50.559><c> that</c><00:50:50.679><c> blueprint.</c>

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:54.400
Now,<00:50:52.599><c> within</c><00:50:52.780><c> the</c><00:50:53.000><c> limits</c><00:50:53.139><c> of</c><00:50:53.340><c> that</c><00:50:53.579><c> blueprint</c><00:50:53.940><c> that</c><00:50:54.139><c> David</c>

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:56.079
gave<00:50:54.679><c> to</c><00:50:54.900><c> Solomon</c><00:50:55.099><c> to</c><00:50:55.260><c> show</c><00:50:55.440><c> to</c><00:50:55.579><c> the</c><00:50:55.739><c> people,</c>

00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:59.159
David<00:50:56.599><c> says,</c><00:50:57.039><c> I'd</c><00:50:57.179><c> like</c><00:50:57.340><c> my</c><00:50:57.619><c> people</c><00:50:57.840><c> to</c><00:50:58.219><c> meditate</c><00:50:58.579><c> upon</c><00:50:58.880><c> that</c>

00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:01.659
and<00:50:59.360><c> to</c><00:50:59.519><c> let</c><00:50:59.619><c> their</c><00:50:59.920><c> imagination</c><00:51:00.500><c> run</c><00:51:00.800><c> over</c><00:51:01.039><c> those</c><00:51:01.340><c> plans</c>

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:04.420
and<00:51:02.179><c> to</c><00:51:02.619><c> close</c><00:51:02.940><c> that</c><00:51:03.219><c> temple</c><00:51:03.500><c> with</c><00:51:03.800><c> substance,</c><00:51:04.139><c> even</c><00:51:04.300><c> though</c>

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:04.940
it's<00:51:04.519><c> not</c><00:51:04.820><c> there.</c>

00:51:04.960 --> 00:51:07.860
Let<00:51:05.099><c> them</c><00:51:05.280><c> see</c><00:51:05.500><c> it</c><00:51:05.579><c> in</c><00:51:05.679><c> the</c><00:51:05.800><c> future</c><00:51:06.079><c> and</c><00:51:06.500><c> work</c><00:51:06.820><c> with</c><00:51:07.059><c> all</c><00:51:07.260><c> their</c><00:51:07.599><c> heart</c>

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:09.659
that<00:51:07.980><c> they</c><00:51:08.119><c> might</c><00:51:08.380><c> glorify</c><00:51:08.940><c> the</c><00:51:09.159><c> God</c><00:51:09.280><c> of</c><00:51:09.460><c> heaven.</c>

00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:11.880
And<00:51:10.039><c> they</c><00:51:10.239><c> would</c><00:51:10.539><c> glorify</c><00:51:11.059><c> Him.</c><00:51:11.159><c> You</c><00:51:11.300><c> know</c><00:51:11.440><c> why?</c>

00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:14.099
Because<00:51:12.480><c> their</c><00:51:12.719><c> very</c><00:51:12.960><c> actions</c><00:51:13.280><c> would</c><00:51:13.519><c> say</c><00:51:13.699><c> to</c><00:51:13.840><c> God,</c>

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:15.420
that's<00:51:14.380><c> what</c><00:51:14.539><c> you</c><00:51:14.699><c> said</c><00:51:14.780><c> it's</c><00:51:14.940><c> going</c><00:51:15.019><c> to</c><00:51:15.119><c> be</c><00:51:15.280><c> like,</c>

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:18.320
and<00:51:15.559><c> I</c><00:51:15.820><c> believe</c><00:51:16.039><c> that</c><00:51:16.219><c> in</c><00:51:16.460><c> every</c><00:51:16.900><c> single</c><00:51:17.300><c> detail</c><00:51:17.960><c> it'll</c><00:51:18.179><c> be</c>

00:51:18.320 --> 00:51:18.860
like<00:51:18.619><c> that.</c>

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:20.260
That's<00:51:19.760><c> faith.</c>

00:51:21.260 --> 00:51:22.480
That's<00:51:21.719><c> faith.</c>

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:24.579
Because<00:51:22.940><c> that's</c><00:51:23.300><c> what</c><00:51:23.500><c> God</c><00:51:23.780><c> said.</c>

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.539
Exactly<00:51:25.219><c> what</c><00:51:25.500><c> God</c><00:51:25.739><c> said.</c>

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:28.460
Now,<00:51:27.320><c> there</c><00:51:27.579><c> is</c><00:51:27.860><c> the</c><00:51:28.159><c> difference.</c>

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:33.800
You<00:51:29.139><c> see,</c><00:51:31.099><c> now</c><00:51:31.440><c> we</c><00:51:31.599><c> can</c><00:51:31.780><c> begin</c><00:51:31.980><c> to</c><00:51:32.320><c> understand,</c><00:51:32.659><c> I</c><00:51:32.960><c> believe,</c><00:51:33.340><c> by</c><00:51:33.539><c> a</c>

00:51:33.800 --> 00:51:34.719
human<00:51:34.019><c> experience</c>

00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:38.039
against<00:51:35.179><c> a</c><00:51:35.480><c> spiritual</c><00:51:35.800><c> experience,</c><00:51:36.340><c> what</c><00:51:36.500><c> faith's</c><00:51:36.719><c> all</c><00:51:37.019><c> about.</c>

00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:41.679
Now,<00:51:39.119><c> let's</c><00:51:39.440><c> just</c><00:51:39.840><c> say</c><00:51:40.099><c> in</c><00:51:40.300><c> the</c><00:51:40.539><c> converse</c><00:51:40.920><c> to</c><00:51:41.079><c> illustrate</c><00:51:41.440><c> the</c>

00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:43.380
point,<00:51:41.940><c> then</c><00:51:41.980><c> we'll</c><00:51:42.139><c> leave</c><00:51:42.300><c> it.</c>

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:45.619
People<00:51:44.179><c> come</c><00:51:44.380><c> to</c><00:51:44.579><c> me.</c>

00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:48.579
I'll<00:51:45.800><c> be</c><00:51:45.960><c> standing</c><00:51:46.119><c> out</c><00:51:46.340><c> there</c><00:51:46.539><c> sometimes</c><00:51:47.039><c> and</c><00:51:47.820><c> carrying</c><00:51:47.980><c> on</c>

00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:51.099
and<00:51:48.940><c> getting</c><00:51:49.119><c> carried</c><00:51:49.400><c> away</c><00:51:49.679><c> and</c><00:51:49.800><c> probably</c><00:51:50.019><c> go</c><00:51:50.300><c> sometimes</c>

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:52.360
beyond<00:51:51.880><c> the</c><00:51:52.079><c> blueprint.</c>

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:52.980
Who<00:51:52.599><c> knows?</c>

00:51:53.280 --> 00:51:55.920
But<00:51:53.440><c> I</c><00:51:53.679><c> believe</c><00:51:53.980><c> I'm</c><00:51:54.280><c> within</c><00:51:54.460><c> it,</c><00:51:54.760><c> but</c><00:51:54.940><c> I</c><00:51:55.099><c> may</c><00:51:55.219><c> go</c><00:51:55.440><c> beyond</c><00:51:55.719><c> it.</c>

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:57.320
That's<00:51:56.260><c> got</c><00:51:56.320><c> to</c><00:51:56.460><c> be</c><00:51:56.639><c> proven.</c>

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:59.659
But<00:51:57.639><c> anyhow,</c><00:51:57.820><c> I'm</c><00:51:58.039><c> carrying</c><00:51:58.280><c> on</c><00:51:58.480><c> and</c><00:51:58.559><c> I'm</c><00:51:58.780><c> painting</c><00:51:59.000><c> a</c><00:51:59.219><c> picture</c><00:51:59.420><c> of</c><00:51:59.480><c> this</c>

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.519
and<00:51:59.760><c> I'm</c><00:51:59.900><c> painting</c><00:52:00.059><c> a</c><00:52:00.199><c> picture</c><00:52:00.239><c> of</c><00:52:00.239><c> that.</c>

00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:01.860
The<00:52:00.719><c> brethren</c><00:52:00.840><c> come</c><00:52:01.000><c> to</c><00:52:01.099><c> me</c><00:52:01.139><c> and</c><00:52:01.239><c> they</c><00:52:01.440><c> say,</c>

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:05.900
Oh<00:52:02.840><c> dear,</c><00:52:03.780><c> I</c><00:52:04.059><c> wish</c><00:52:04.280><c> I</c><00:52:04.619><c> had</c><00:52:04.820><c> an</c><00:52:05.079><c> imagination</c><00:52:05.460><c> like</c><00:52:05.739><c> that,</c>

00:52:06.059 --> 00:52:07.840
because<00:52:06.159><c> see</c><00:52:06.320><c> those</c><00:52:06.539><c> things</c><00:52:06.719><c> that</c><00:52:06.900><c> you</c><00:52:07.139><c> see.</c>

00:52:07.860 --> 00:52:09.480
Yes,<00:52:08.340><c> brethren</c><00:52:08.500><c> and</c><00:52:08.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:14.420
But<00:52:10.320><c> just,</c><00:52:10.960><c> when</c><00:52:11.099><c> you</c><00:52:11.300><c> say</c><00:52:11.539><c> that,</c><00:52:13.179><c> don't</c><00:52:13.340><c> elevate</c><00:52:13.760><c> me</c><00:52:14.059><c> too</c><00:52:14.179><c> much</c><00:52:14.280><c> in</c>

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:14.579
your<00:52:14.480><c> mind.</c>

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:17.019
Just<00:52:15.159><c> express</c><00:52:15.619><c> a</c><00:52:15.760><c> little</c><00:52:16.019><c> sympathy</c><00:52:16.380><c> for</c><00:52:16.639><c> me,</c>

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:20.079
because<00:52:17.619><c> I'll</c><00:52:18.000><c> tell</c><00:52:18.059><c> you</c><00:52:18.159><c> something</c><00:52:18.380><c> else</c><00:52:18.579><c> I</c><00:52:18.719><c> can</c><00:52:18.920><c> see</c><00:52:19.039><c> very</c><00:52:19.559><c> clearly,</c>

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:22.079
the<00:52:20.679><c> things</c><00:52:20.860><c> of</c><00:52:21.019><c> the</c><00:52:21.199><c> world.</c>

00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:24.119
Imagination<00:52:22.599><c> doesn't</c><00:52:22.860><c> stop</c><00:52:23.159><c> there.</c>

00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:26.840
It<00:52:26.000><c> doesn't</c><00:52:26.280><c> stop</c><00:52:26.539><c> there.</c>

00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:29.280
If<00:52:27.340><c> you've</c><00:52:27.460><c> got</c><00:52:27.539><c> a</c><00:52:27.639><c> good</c><00:52:27.760><c> imagination,</c><00:52:28.320><c> you're</c><00:52:28.579><c> blessed</c><00:52:28.860><c> and</c>

00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:30.340
you<00:52:29.460><c> exist,</c>

00:52:30.739 --> 00:52:32.300
depending<00:52:31.179><c> on</c><00:52:31.320><c> how</c><00:52:31.519><c> you</c><00:52:31.679><c> use</c><00:52:31.860><c> it.</c>

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:34.460
If<00:52:32.739><c> you</c><00:52:32.940><c> use</c><00:52:33.139><c> it</c><00:52:33.360><c> well,</c><00:52:34.000><c> you're</c><00:52:34.239><c> blessed.</c>

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:37.199
But<00:52:35.079><c> don't</c><00:52:35.360><c> ever</c><00:52:35.659><c> believe</c><00:52:35.980><c> that</c><00:52:36.159><c> because</c><00:52:36.360><c> you</c><00:52:36.559><c> use</c><00:52:36.719><c> it</c><00:52:36.920><c> well,</c>

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:38.719
it<00:52:37.500><c> only</c><00:52:37.739><c> operates</c><00:52:38.039><c> in</c><00:52:38.260><c> one</c><00:52:38.440><c> direction.</c>

00:52:38.760 --> 00:52:39.619
It<00:52:38.960><c> won't.</c>

00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:41.260
Now,<00:52:39.940><c> you</c><00:52:40.219><c> take</c><00:52:40.440><c> those</c><00:52:40.639><c> two</c><00:52:40.900><c> references.</c>

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:44.420
Genesis<00:52:41.960><c> chapter</c><00:52:42.280><c> 8,</c><00:52:43.199><c> God</c><00:52:43.420><c> built</c><00:52:43.760><c> man</c><00:52:44.000><c> that</c><00:52:44.280><c> way</c>

00:52:44.420 --> 00:52:47.280
that<00:52:44.579><c> he</c><00:52:44.840><c> has</c><00:52:45.079><c> the</c><00:52:45.239><c> ability</c><00:52:45.659><c> to</c><00:52:45.880><c> make</c><00:52:46.099><c> word</c><00:52:46.360><c> pictures</c><00:52:46.639><c> in</c><00:52:46.820><c> his</c><00:52:47.059><c> mind,</c>

00:52:47.500 --> 00:52:50.599
pictures<00:52:47.659><c> out</c><00:52:47.860><c> of</c><00:52:48.039><c> words,</c><00:52:48.519><c> and</c><00:52:48.699><c> to</c><00:52:48.820><c> make</c><00:52:48.980><c> substance</c><00:52:49.340><c> of</c><00:52:49.519><c> the</c><00:52:49.659><c> abstract.</c>

00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:53.340
So<00:52:51.139><c> a</c><00:52:51.199><c> man</c><00:52:51.380><c> can</c><00:52:51.559><c> have</c><00:52:51.679><c> an</c><00:52:51.860><c> object</c><00:52:52.139><c> of</c><00:52:52.300><c> desire</c><00:52:52.599><c> before</c><00:52:52.880><c> him</c><00:52:53.039><c> in</c><00:52:53.179><c> a</c>

00:52:53.340 --> 00:52:54.699
dark<00:52:53.760><c> room,</c>

00:52:55.719 --> 00:52:57.139
and<00:52:55.800><c> his</c><00:52:56.000><c> flesh</c><00:52:56.159><c> is</c><00:52:56.360><c> so</c><00:52:56.639><c> native</c><00:52:56.840><c> to</c><00:52:57.039><c> it,</c>

00:52:57.139 --> 00:52:59.380
it'll<00:52:57.380><c> paint</c><00:52:57.579><c> a</c><00:52:57.659><c> beautiful</c><00:52:58.000><c> picture</c><00:52:58.260><c> for</c><00:52:58.480><c> him</c><00:52:58.699><c> in</c><00:52:58.860><c> a</c><00:52:59.019><c> room</c><00:52:59.139><c> that</c><00:52:59.280><c> you</c>

00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:00.739
can't<00:52:59.679><c> see</c><00:52:59.860><c> a</c><00:53:00.000><c> thing.</c>

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:04.079
But<00:53:01.699><c> if</c><00:53:01.860><c> man</c><00:53:02.179><c> takes</c><00:53:02.500><c> that</c><00:53:02.840><c> God</c><00:53:03.239><c>-given</c><00:53:03.500><c> ability</c>

00:53:04.079 --> 00:53:06.760
that<00:53:04.840><c> the</c><00:53:05.059><c> Creator</c><00:53:05.340><c> in</c><00:53:05.460><c> his</c><00:53:05.760><c> genius</c><00:53:06.179><c> has</c><00:53:06.480><c> made</c>

00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:09.360
and<00:53:07.380><c> gets</c><00:53:07.599><c> hold</c><00:53:07.780><c> of</c><00:53:07.960><c> God's</c><00:53:08.400><c> blueprint</c>

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:12.380
and<00:53:10.159><c> takes</c><00:53:10.460><c> through</c><00:53:10.719><c> his</c><00:53:10.980><c> eyes</c><00:53:11.239><c> only</c><00:53:11.619><c> the</c><00:53:11.780><c> thing</c><00:53:11.920><c> that</c><00:53:12.179><c> God</c>

00:53:12.380 --> 00:53:13.440
has<00:53:12.659><c> said,</c>

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:17.199
crowding<00:53:13.760><c> out</c><00:53:14.019><c> all</c><00:53:14.239><c> else,</c><00:53:14.840><c> that</c><00:53:14.900><c> same</c><00:53:15.340><c> mechanism,</c><00:53:16.000><c> beautiful</c><00:53:16.579><c> mechanism,</c>

00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:20.519
can<00:53:17.880><c> portray</c><00:53:18.440><c> for</c><00:53:18.699><c> him</c><00:53:19.019><c> glorious</c><00:53:19.659><c> things</c><00:53:19.960><c> of</c><00:53:20.059><c> the</c><00:53:20.219><c> future,</c>

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:24.699
that<00:53:21.079><c> the</c><00:53:21.340><c> words</c><00:53:21.519><c> of</c><00:53:21.699><c> the</c><00:53:21.860><c> Bible</c><00:53:22.219><c> just</c><00:53:22.599><c> sometimes</c><00:53:23.639><c> sink</c><00:53:24.039><c> into</c><00:53:24.280><c> oblivion.</c>

00:53:24.699 --> 00:53:27.320
Now,<00:53:24.920><c> out</c><00:53:24.920><c> of</c><00:53:25.039><c> those</c><00:53:25.280><c> words</c><00:53:25.800><c> comes,</c><00:53:26.320><c> arises</c><00:53:26.679><c> a</c><00:53:27.000><c> temple,</c>

00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:30.260
Ezekiel's<00:53:28.139><c> prophecy,</c><00:53:29.099><c> and</c><00:53:29.199><c> we</c><00:53:29.280><c> can</c><00:53:29.539><c> see</c><00:53:29.739><c> it</c><00:53:29.960><c> there.</c>

00:53:30.659 --> 00:53:33.340
We<00:53:30.760><c> don't</c><00:53:30.940><c> even</c><00:53:31.159><c> need</c><00:53:31.340><c> Brother</c><00:53:31.559><c> Sully's</c><00:53:32.019><c> work</c><00:53:32.139><c> if</c><00:53:32.280><c> we</c><00:53:32.420><c> understand</c><00:53:32.780><c> the</c><00:53:33.019><c> details,</c>

00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:34.440
although,<00:53:33.599><c> of</c><00:53:33.760><c> course,</c><00:53:33.860><c> we</c><00:53:34.019><c> do</c><00:53:34.199><c> need</c><00:53:34.320><c> it.</c>

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:37.019
But<00:53:34.800><c> there</c><00:53:35.079><c> are</c><00:53:35.179><c> other</c><00:53:35.380><c> factors</c><00:53:35.719><c> of</c><00:53:35.900><c> the</c><00:53:36.059><c> Bible</c><00:53:36.159><c> that</c><00:53:36.280><c> we</c><00:53:36.420><c> don't</c><00:53:36.659><c> need</c>

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.980
the<00:53:37.360><c> works</c><00:53:37.539><c> of</c><00:53:37.699><c> other</c><00:53:37.840><c> men.</c>

00:53:38.039 --> 00:53:39.599
We've<00:53:38.280><c> just</c><00:53:38.380><c> got</c><00:53:38.519><c> to</c><00:53:38.679><c> reason</c><00:53:38.840><c> for</c><00:53:39.019><c> what</c><00:53:39.139><c> they</c><00:53:39.360><c> are.</c>

00:53:39.940 --> 00:53:42.000
Like<00:53:40.119><c> those</c><00:53:40.380><c> beautiful</c><00:53:40.739><c> words</c><00:53:40.980><c> of</c><00:53:41.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:41.460><c> we</c><00:53:41.659><c> were</c><00:53:41.800><c> quoting</c>

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:42.679
Sunday<00:53:42.340><c> morning,</c>

00:53:42.760 --> 00:53:44.920
they<00:53:42.960><c> don't</c><00:53:43.199><c> need</c><00:53:43.340><c> any</c><00:53:43.900><c> exposition.</c>

00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:47.260
And<00:53:45.599><c> all</c><00:53:45.760><c> we've</c><00:53:45.920><c> got</c><00:53:45.940><c> to</c><00:53:46.000><c> do</c><00:53:46.139><c> is</c><00:53:46.219><c> look</c><00:53:46.400><c> at</c><00:53:46.519><c> the</c><00:53:46.699><c> words</c><00:53:46.920><c> and</c><00:53:47.099><c> let</c>

00:53:47.260 --> 00:53:49.320
the<00:53:47.500><c> words</c><00:53:47.880><c> take</c><00:53:48.300><c> reality.</c>

00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:51.019
And<00:53:49.699><c> what</c><00:53:49.780><c> are</c><00:53:49.860><c> we</c><00:53:49.960><c> doing</c><00:53:50.159><c> then?</c>

00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:52.440
That's<00:53:51.679><c> faith.</c>

00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:55.219
Because<00:53:53.139><c> it's</c><00:53:53.599><c> based</c><00:53:53.780><c> upon</c><00:53:54.079><c> what</c><00:53:54.519><c> God</c><00:53:54.800><c> has</c><00:53:55.099><c> said.</c>

00:53:55.619 --> 00:53:57.900
Now,<00:53:55.800><c> that's</c><00:53:56.119><c> the</c><00:53:56.340><c> essential</c><00:53:56.760><c> thing</c><00:53:56.980><c> we've</c><00:53:57.179><c> got</c><00:53:57.179><c> to</c><00:53:57.320><c> keep</c><00:53:57.440><c> in</c><00:53:57.679><c> mind.</c>

00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:59.280
Therefore,<00:53:58.679><c> brothers</c><00:53:58.719><c> and</c><00:53:58.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:02.860
the<00:53:59.840><c> quality</c><00:54:00.159><c> of</c><00:54:00.340><c> our</c><00:54:00.599><c> faith</c><00:54:00.780><c> will</c><00:54:00.980><c> be</c><00:54:01.159><c> as</c><00:54:01.519><c> good</c><00:54:02.000><c> as</c><00:54:02.300><c> our</c><00:54:02.539><c> reading</c><00:54:02.719><c> of</c>

00:54:02.860 --> 00:54:03.800
the<00:54:03.000><c> Bible</c>

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and<00:54:04.400><c> our</c><00:54:04.679><c> study</c><00:54:04.840><c> of</c><00:54:05.000><c> the</c><00:54:05.099><c> Word.</c>

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It<00:54:05.519><c> will.</c>

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Know<00:54:06.619><c> that</c><00:54:06.679><c> about</c><00:54:06.940><c> that.</c>

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Because<00:54:08.059><c> it's</c><00:54:08.480><c> that</c><00:54:08.760><c> essential</c><00:54:09.400><c> quality</c><00:54:09.780><c> of</c><00:54:09.900><c> the</c><00:54:10.039><c> Word</c><00:54:10.199><c> of</c><00:54:10.380><c> God</c><00:54:10.519><c> that</c><00:54:10.760><c> makes</c><00:54:11.019><c> it</c><00:54:11.300><c> safe.</c>

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:13.860
Now,<00:54:13.099><c> I</c><00:54:13.219><c> just</c><00:54:13.380><c> want</c><00:54:13.519><c> to...</c>

00:54:13.860 --> 00:54:16.159
We<00:54:14.000><c> aren't</c><00:54:14.139><c> going</c><00:54:14.239><c> anywhere</c><00:54:14.440><c> near</c><00:54:14.719><c> verse</c><00:54:14.920><c> 6,</c><00:54:15.219><c> but</c><00:54:15.260><c> it</c><00:54:15.300><c> doesn't</c><00:54:15.380><c> matter.</c>

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Just<00:54:17.159><c> a</c><00:54:17.440><c> quick...</c>

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Sure.

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Imagination,<00:54:24.679><c> learning</c><00:54:24.840><c> of</c><00:54:25.119><c> the</c><00:54:25.260><c> Word</c><00:54:25.420><c> of</c><00:54:25.760><c> God,</c>

00:54:26.239 --> 00:54:30.940
is<00:54:26.400><c> often</c><00:54:26.800><c> restricted</c><00:54:27.420><c> by</c><00:54:28.500><c> your</c><00:54:29.420><c> in</c><00:54:29.760><c>-built</c><00:54:30.059><c> one.</c>

00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:34.300
It's<00:54:31.440><c> a</c><00:54:31.579><c> fear</c><00:54:31.860><c> that</c><00:54:32.119><c> you</c><00:54:32.340><c> might</c><00:54:32.559><c> be,</c><00:54:32.920><c> as</c><00:54:33.139><c> you</c><00:54:33.360><c> say,</c>

00:54:34.380 --> 00:54:37.059
going<00:54:34.380><c> too</c><00:54:34.780><c> far</c><00:54:35.039><c> and</c><00:54:35.320><c> putting</c><00:54:35.579><c> too</c><00:54:35.880><c> much</c><00:54:36.199><c> there,</c>

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:42.159
or<00:54:37.619><c> you</c><00:54:39.079><c> can</c><00:54:39.900><c> actually</c><00:54:40.719><c> solidify</c><00:54:41.380><c> your</c><00:54:41.619><c> own</c><00:54:41.900><c> thoughts</c>

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:47.880
without<00:54:42.719><c> proving</c><00:54:43.159><c> the</c><00:54:43.880><c> Word</c><00:54:44.519><c> by</c><00:54:44.920><c> a</c><00:54:45.199><c> fear</c><00:54:45.460><c> of</c><00:54:47.219><c> going</c><00:54:47.480><c> beyond</c>

00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:48.900
what's<00:54:48.219><c> there.</c>

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All<00:54:49.119><c> right,</c><00:54:49.480><c> Maynard,</c><00:54:49.699><c> let's</c><00:54:50.380><c> take</c><00:54:50.619><c> that</c><00:54:50.780><c> up.</c>

00:54:51.019 --> 00:54:52.860
The<00:54:51.079><c> question</c><00:54:51.460><c> for</c><00:54:51.739><c> the</c><00:54:51.880><c> sake</c><00:54:52.039><c> of</c><00:54:52.139><c> those</c><00:54:52.260><c> in</c><00:54:52.420><c> the</c><00:54:52.519><c> back</c><00:54:52.699><c> room</c>

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:53.539
is<00:54:53.079><c> that</c>

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sometimes<00:54:53.860><c> a</c><00:54:54.019><c> person</c><00:54:54.420><c> is</c><00:54:54.760><c> stultified</c><00:54:55.239><c> in</c><00:54:55.340><c> their</c><00:54:55.539><c> imagination</c>

00:54:56.079 --> 00:54:58.900
by<00:54:56.340><c> the</c><00:54:56.440><c> very</c><00:54:56.800><c> fear</c><00:54:57.039><c> that</c><00:54:57.139><c> they</c><00:54:57.320><c> may</c><00:54:57.519><c> go</c><00:54:57.760><c> beyond</c><00:54:58.000><c> what</c><00:54:58.219><c> the</c><00:54:58.420><c> blueprint</c><00:54:58.739><c> of</c>

00:54:58.900 --> 00:54:59.780
the<00:54:59.039><c> Word</c><00:54:59.280><c> defines.</c>

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Well,<00:55:00.079><c> that's</c><00:55:00.519><c> reasonable.</c>

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I<00:55:01.199><c> think</c><00:55:01.380><c> that</c><00:55:01.539><c> we're</c><00:55:01.719><c> all,</c><00:55:02.000><c> Maynard,</c><00:55:02.280><c> in</c><00:55:02.400><c> that</c><00:55:02.619><c> boat</c><00:55:02.780><c> sometimes.</c>

00:55:03.599 --> 00:55:07.420
We<00:55:04.039><c> sometimes</c><00:55:04.559><c> imagine</c><00:55:05.320><c> that</c><00:55:05.639><c> we've</c><00:55:05.960><c> imagined</c><00:55:06.260><c> too</c><00:55:06.579><c> much.</c>

00:55:08.340 --> 00:55:10.500
But<00:55:08.340><c> let's</c><00:55:08.800><c> take</c><00:55:09.079><c> some</c><00:55:09.260><c> of</c><00:55:09.360><c> the</c><00:55:09.460><c> words</c><00:55:09.599><c> of</c><00:55:09.739><c> the</c><00:55:09.880><c> Scripture</c><00:55:10.139><c> by</c>

00:55:10.500 --> 00:55:11.280
way<00:55:10.719><c> of</c><00:55:10.860><c> illustration.</c>

00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:14.559
Now,<00:55:11.760><c> I've</c><00:55:12.739><c> got</c><00:55:12.840><c> a</c><00:55:12.960><c> little</c><00:55:13.119><c> practice</c><00:55:13.519><c> of</c><00:55:13.760><c> mine,</c><00:55:14.099><c> among</c><00:55:14.340><c> other</c>

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:14.960
little<00:55:14.760><c> things,</c>

00:55:14.980 --> 00:55:17.960
that<00:55:15.099><c> I</c><00:55:15.280><c> try</c><00:55:15.559><c> and</c><00:55:15.920><c> do</c><00:55:16.219><c> in</c><00:55:16.340><c> my</c><00:55:16.619><c> life</c><00:55:16.780><c> to</c><00:55:16.960><c> help</c><00:55:17.219><c> myself.</c>

00:55:18.280 --> 00:55:20.599
One<00:55:18.519><c> thing</c><00:55:18.679><c> I</c><00:55:18.840><c> like</c><00:55:19.059><c> to</c><00:55:19.239><c> do,</c><00:55:19.340><c> I</c><00:55:19.460><c> like</c><00:55:19.659><c> to</c><00:55:19.760><c> go</c><00:55:19.880><c> to</c><00:55:20.019><c> bed</c><00:55:20.099><c> at</c><00:55:20.320><c> night.</c>

00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:22.360
The<00:55:21.099><c> last</c><00:55:21.340><c> thing</c><00:55:21.500><c> before</c><00:55:21.659><c> I</c><00:55:21.860><c> close</c><00:55:22.059><c> my</c><00:55:22.260><c> eyes,</c>

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:25.400
I<00:55:22.460><c> like</c><00:55:22.659><c> to</c><00:55:22.840><c> close</c><00:55:23.000><c> my</c><00:55:23.280><c> eyes</c><00:55:23.440><c> on</c><00:55:23.599><c> a</c><00:55:23.800><c> Word</c><00:55:23.980><c> picture</c><00:55:24.239><c> of</c><00:55:24.400><c> the</c><00:55:24.539><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:30.199
Now,<00:55:27.739><c> what</c><00:55:28.179><c> limit</c><00:55:28.460><c> does</c><00:55:28.639><c> the</c><00:55:28.820><c> imagination</c><00:55:29.380><c> put</c><00:55:29.639><c> upon</c><00:55:29.940><c> the</c>

00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:31.320
words,<00:55:30.739><c> say,</c>

00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:35.719
the<00:55:32.199><c> wolf</c><00:55:32.679><c> and</c><00:55:33.139><c> the</c><00:55:33.420><c> lamb</c><00:55:33.760><c> shall</c><00:55:34.219><c> feed</c><00:55:34.559><c> together,</c>

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:39.320
the<00:55:36.860><c> lion</c><00:55:37.219><c> shall</c><00:55:37.420><c> eat</c><00:55:37.699><c> straw</c><00:55:37.900><c> like</c><00:55:38.159><c> the</c><00:55:38.400><c> bullock,</c>

00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:41.059
the<00:55:39.920><c> dust</c><00:55:39.920><c> shall</c><00:55:40.099><c> be</c><00:55:40.300><c> the</c><00:55:40.440><c> serpent's</c><00:55:40.940><c> meat,</c>

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and<00:55:41.280><c> they</c><00:55:41.480><c> shall</c><00:55:41.760><c> not</c><00:55:42.179><c> hurt</c><00:55:42.619><c> nor</c><00:55:43.139><c> destroy</c><00:55:43.719><c> in</c><00:55:44.280><c> all</c><00:55:44.739><c> my</c><00:55:44.980><c> holy</c>

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mountains,<00:55:45.840><c> says</c><00:55:45.980><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:55:46.840 --> 00:55:52.320
Now,<00:55:47.159><c> from</c><00:55:47.320><c> my</c><00:55:47.639><c> imagination,</c><00:55:48.380><c> the</c><00:55:48.559><c> bounds</c><00:55:48.780><c> of</c><00:55:49.039><c> that</c><00:55:49.619><c> verse</c><00:55:49.940><c> is</c><00:55:50.920><c> limitless.</c>

00:55:52.920 --> 00:55:54.960
In<00:55:53.019><c> other</c><00:55:53.599><c> words,</c><00:55:53.860><c> I</c><00:55:53.980><c> can</c><00:55:54.119><c> go</c><00:55:54.300><c> to</c><00:55:54.460><c> bed</c><00:55:54.539><c> at</c><00:55:54.739><c> night</c>

00:55:54.960 --> 00:55:57.539
thinking<00:55:55.219><c> of</c><00:55:55.380><c> the</c><00:55:55.480><c> Lord</c><00:55:55.659><c> Jesus</c><00:55:56.059><c> Christ</c><00:55:56.360><c> in</c><00:55:56.659><c> supreme</c><00:55:56.980><c> control</c>

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in<00:55:58.099><c> this</c><00:55:58.380><c> world,</c>

00:55:59.019 --> 00:56:02.179
when<00:55:59.239><c> peace,</c><00:55:59.659><c> Maynard,</c><00:56:00.079><c> will</c><00:56:00.300><c> be</c><00:56:00.659><c> absolutely</c><00:56:01.460><c> universal.</c>

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:04.840
Now,<00:56:02.860><c> I</c><00:56:02.940><c> can</c><00:56:03.119><c> go</c><00:56:03.300><c> to</c><00:56:03.500><c> bed,</c><00:56:03.659><c> I</c><00:56:03.719><c> can</c><00:56:03.920><c> think</c><00:56:04.079><c> of</c><00:56:04.280><c> pilgrims</c><00:56:04.639><c> going</c>

00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:05.539
up<00:56:05.000><c> to</c><00:56:05.139><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:56:05.539 --> 00:56:09.500
I<00:56:06.280><c> can</c><00:56:06.500><c> see</c><00:56:06.619><c> the</c><00:56:06.800><c> animal</c><00:56:07.099><c> kingdom</c><00:56:07.440><c> in</c><00:56:07.780><c> harmony</c><00:56:08.099><c> with</c><00:56:08.260><c> each</c><00:56:08.519><c> other,</c>

00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:10.699
you<00:56:09.679><c> know,</c><00:56:10.119><c> no</c><00:56:10.320><c> limits.</c>

00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:12.760
That<00:56:11.280><c> verse</c><00:56:11.500><c> is</c><00:56:11.679><c> your</c><00:56:11.780><c> limit.</c><00:56:12.280><c> Look</c><00:56:12.400><c> at</c><00:56:12.500><c> that.</c>

00:56:13.179 --> 00:56:15.960
Now,<00:56:13.400><c> Paul</c><00:56:13.579><c> says</c><00:56:13.800><c> the</c><00:56:14.000><c> eye,</c><00:56:14.559><c> the</c><00:56:14.800><c> heart,</c><00:56:15.199><c> the</c><00:56:15.239><c> ear</c><00:56:15.480><c> of</c><00:56:15.699><c> man</c>

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:18.380
hasn't<00:56:16.219><c> imagined</c><00:56:16.679><c> the</c><00:56:16.880><c> things</c><00:56:17.039><c> that</c><00:56:17.199><c> God</c><00:56:17.360><c> has</c><00:56:17.659><c> revealed</c><00:56:18.260><c> to</c>

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:19.860
us<00:56:18.619><c> by</c><00:56:18.820><c> His</c><00:56:19.079><c> Spirit.</c>

00:56:20.519 --> 00:56:23.880
Now,<00:56:20.679><c> we</c><00:56:20.860><c> may,</c><00:56:21.139><c> by</c><00:56:21.360><c> our</c><00:56:21.539><c> own</c><00:56:21.780><c> imaginations,</c><00:56:22.340><c> put</c><00:56:22.440><c> our</c><00:56:22.679><c> own</c><00:56:23.079><c> pictures</c><00:56:23.280><c> into</c><00:56:23.460><c> the</c><00:56:23.659><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:26.780
but<00:56:24.440><c> we</c><00:56:24.679><c> can't</c><00:56:24.940><c> even</c><00:56:25.239><c> begin</c><00:56:25.440><c> to</c><00:56:25.760><c> understand</c><00:56:26.239><c> the</c><00:56:26.480><c> glory</c><00:56:26.659><c> of</c>

00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:27.119
that<00:56:26.920><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:56:27.260 --> 00:56:28.699
the<00:56:27.260><c> way</c><00:56:27.420><c> that</c><00:56:27.619><c> God's</c><00:56:27.940><c> revealed</c><00:56:28.179><c> it.</c>

00:56:29.099 --> 00:56:31.059
So<00:56:29.119><c> that,</c><00:56:29.440><c> you</c><00:56:29.599><c> know,</c><00:56:29.860><c> things</c><00:56:30.079><c> like</c><00:56:30.360><c> that,</c><00:56:30.639><c> every</c><00:56:30.860><c> brother</c>

00:56:31.059 --> 00:56:31.480
and<00:56:31.280><c> sister,</c>

00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:33.940
and<00:56:31.900><c> not</c><00:56:32.019><c> only</c><00:56:32.159><c> that,</c><00:56:32.420><c> let</c><00:56:32.559><c> me</c><00:56:32.739><c> say</c><00:56:32.920><c> this,</c><00:56:33.179><c> brothers</c><00:56:33.400><c> and</c><00:56:33.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:36.579
I<00:56:34.659><c> think</c><00:56:34.880><c> that</c><00:56:35.099><c> some</c><00:56:35.260><c> of</c><00:56:35.340><c> these</c><00:56:35.519><c> comments</c><00:56:35.840><c> are</c><00:56:36.059><c> helpful.</c>

00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:38.420
I<00:56:37.079><c> know</c><00:56:37.260><c> they</c><00:56:37.380><c> have</c><00:56:37.559><c> been</c><00:56:37.679><c> to</c><00:56:37.739><c> me</c><00:56:37.920><c> in</c><00:56:38.119><c> the</c><00:56:38.219><c> past.</c>

00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:42.400
Not<00:56:38.719><c> every</c><00:56:38.980><c> brother</c><00:56:39.280><c> and</c><00:56:39.519><c> sister</c><00:56:39.940><c> has</c><00:56:40.900><c> the</c><00:56:41.340><c> same</c><00:56:41.860><c> picture</c><00:56:42.199><c> of</c>

00:56:42.400 --> 00:56:43.500
the<00:56:42.559><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:46.840
Their<00:56:44.860><c> imagination</c><00:56:45.260><c> may</c><00:56:45.539><c> dwell</c><00:56:45.719><c> upon</c><00:56:46.000><c> different</c><00:56:46.280><c> aspects</c><00:56:46.679><c> of</c>

00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:47.179
the<00:56:46.960><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:48.739
They're<00:56:47.480><c> all</c><00:56:47.659><c> in</c><00:56:47.739><c> the</c><00:56:47.900><c> blueprint.</c>

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:50.719
For<00:56:48.940><c> example,</c><00:56:49.440><c> you'll</c><00:56:49.639><c> get</c><00:56:49.699><c> a</c><00:56:49.860><c> brother</c><00:56:50.000><c> on</c><00:56:50.159><c> the</c><00:56:50.380><c> platform</c>

00:56:50.719 --> 00:56:52.400
and<00:56:50.920><c> he'll</c><00:56:51.239><c> thunder</c><00:56:51.440><c> out</c><00:56:51.719><c> the</c><00:56:51.880><c> Word</c><00:56:52.019><c> of</c><00:56:52.179><c> God</c>

00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:54.440
and<00:56:52.559><c> his</c><00:56:52.679><c> delight</c><00:56:53.039><c> is</c><00:56:53.260><c> to</c><00:56:53.380><c> speak</c><00:56:53.539><c> about</c><00:56:53.780><c> the</c><00:56:53.900><c> destruction</c><00:56:54.280><c> of</c>

00:56:54.440 --> 00:56:55.400
Roman<00:56:54.739><c> Catholicism</c>

00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:57.659
and<00:56:55.679><c> he</c><00:56:55.960><c> would</c><00:56:56.159><c> probably</c><00:56:56.420><c> paint</c><00:56:56.639><c> the</c><00:56:56.780><c> picture</c><00:56:56.940><c> of</c><00:56:57.119><c> the</c><00:56:57.219><c> Kingdom</c><00:56:57.420><c> going</c>

00:56:57.659 --> 00:56:58.300
to<00:56:57.820><c> bed</c><00:56:57.880><c> at</c><00:56:58.079><c> night,</c>

00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:00.000
of<00:56:58.719><c> Rome</c><00:56:59.000><c> going</c><00:56:59.320><c> down</c><00:56:59.440><c> to</c><00:56:59.579><c> the</c><00:56:59.719><c> abyss,</c>

00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:03.500
and<00:57:00.159><c> the</c><00:57:00.199><c> words</c><00:57:00.420><c> of</c><00:57:00.639><c> Dr.</c><00:57:01.019><c> Thomas</c><00:57:01.139><c> in</c><00:57:01.340><c> Eureka,</c><00:57:01.840><c> volume</c><00:57:02.000><c> 2,</c><00:57:02.380><c> page</c><00:57:02.559><c> 244,</c>

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:07.159
a<00:57:04.400><c> magnificent</c><00:57:04.840><c> picture</c><00:57:05.300><c> of</c><00:57:05.800><c> all</c><00:57:05.940><c> the</c><00:57:06.139><c> hordes</c><00:57:06.440><c> of</c><00:57:06.599><c> Catholicism</c>

00:57:07.159 --> 00:57:09.599
yelling<00:57:07.420><c> and</c><00:57:07.739><c> screaming</c><00:57:07.980><c> and</c><00:57:08.219><c> blaspheming</c><00:57:08.860><c> into</c><00:57:09.119><c> the</c><00:57:09.340><c> abyss,</c>

00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:11.880
and<00:57:09.780><c> you</c><00:57:09.960><c> find</c><00:57:10.199><c> great</c><00:57:10.460><c> delight</c><00:57:10.880><c> in</c><00:57:11.019><c> the</c><00:57:11.139><c> destruction</c><00:57:11.559><c> of</c><00:57:11.760><c> the</c>

00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:12.579
enemies<00:57:12.059><c> of</c><00:57:12.340><c> God,</c>

00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:16.719
but<00:57:13.000><c> some</c><00:57:13.280><c> dear</c><00:57:13.500><c> old</c><00:57:13.679><c> sister</c><00:57:13.920><c> in</c><00:57:14.119><c> her</c><00:57:14.219><c> 80s</c><00:57:14.539><c> might</c><00:57:14.739><c> not</c><00:57:14.940><c> think</c><00:57:15.099><c> that.</c>

00:57:19.099 --> 00:57:20.340
She'd<00:57:19.539><c> agree</c><00:57:19.820><c> with</c><00:57:20.039><c> that.</c>

00:57:20.579 --> 00:57:23.039
She<00:57:20.780><c> would</c><00:57:20.980><c> believe</c><00:57:21.219><c> that</c><00:57:21.360><c> that</c><00:57:21.500><c> needs</c><00:57:21.719><c> to</c><00:57:21.860><c> be</c><00:57:22.059><c> done,</c>

00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:26.239
but<00:57:23.460><c> she</c><00:57:23.639><c> might</c><00:57:23.860><c> be</c><00:57:24.039><c> of</c><00:57:24.159><c> a</c><00:57:24.380><c> completely</c><00:57:24.659><c> different</c><00:57:25.119><c> disposition</c>

00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:29.480
and<00:57:26.800><c> possibly</c><00:57:27.199><c> would</c><00:57:27.420><c> be</c><00:57:27.659><c> a</c><00:57:28.039><c> person</c><00:57:28.320><c> in</c><00:57:28.500><c> her</c><00:57:28.780><c> state</c><00:57:29.000><c> of</c><00:57:29.280><c> life.</c>

00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:31.820
She<00:57:30.360><c> might</c><00:57:30.619><c> like</c><00:57:30.880><c> to</c><00:57:31.000><c> go</c><00:57:31.119><c> to</c><00:57:31.280><c> bed</c><00:57:31.380><c> at</c><00:57:31.579><c> night</c>

00:57:31.820 --> 00:57:33.920
or<00:57:32.119><c> during</c><00:57:32.320><c> the</c><00:57:32.460><c> course</c><00:57:32.699><c> of</c><00:57:32.860><c> her</c><00:57:33.000><c> daily</c><00:57:33.340><c> activities,</c>

00:57:34.360 --> 00:57:37.360
singing<00:57:34.659><c> about</c><00:57:34.920><c> the</c><00:57:35.179><c> desert</c><00:57:35.500><c> blossoming</c><00:57:36.039><c> as</c><00:57:36.239><c> it</c><00:57:36.400><c> rose.</c>

00:57:38.199 --> 00:57:42.079
There<00:57:38.300><c> are</c><00:57:38.539><c> others</c><00:57:38.880><c> who</c><00:57:39.480><c> feel</c><00:57:39.860><c> that</c><00:57:40.699><c> the</c><00:57:40.860><c> temple</c><00:57:41.039><c> of</c><00:57:41.219><c> the</c><00:57:41.340><c> future</c><00:57:41.619><c> age,</c>

00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:44.940
they'd<00:57:43.000><c> love</c><00:57:43.099><c> to</c><00:57:43.340><c> be</c><00:57:43.559><c> associated</c><00:57:43.980><c> with</c><00:57:44.159><c> the</c><00:57:44.280><c> temple</c><00:57:44.539><c> services</c>

00:57:44.940 --> 00:57:45.980
and<00:57:45.119><c> the</c><00:57:45.260><c> ministry</c><00:57:45.480><c> of</c><00:57:45.639><c> the</c><00:57:45.780><c> temple.</c>

00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:47.880
They<00:57:46.199><c> can</c><00:57:46.400><c> spend</c><00:57:46.579><c> their</c><00:57:46.840><c> life</c><00:57:47.039><c> thinking</c><00:57:47.300><c> about</c><00:57:47.559><c> that.</c>

00:57:48.300 --> 00:57:50.420
There<00:57:48.460><c> are</c><00:57:48.559><c> others</c><00:57:48.760><c> who'd</c><00:57:48.980><c> like</c><00:57:49.039><c> to</c><00:57:49.260><c> be</c><00:57:49.539><c> one</c><00:57:49.739><c> of</c><00:57:49.880><c> the</c><00:57:50.039><c> Apostles</c>

00:57:50.420 --> 00:57:51.159
Paul's<00:57:50.980><c> band,</c>

00:57:51.500 --> 00:57:53.340
who'll<00:57:51.639><c> go</c><00:57:51.800><c> out,</c><00:57:52.000><c> I</c><00:57:52.159><c> believe</c><00:57:52.440><c> Paul</c><00:57:52.659><c> will</c><00:57:52.840><c> be</c><00:57:53.000><c> anyway,</c>

00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:55.900
the<00:57:53.840><c> ambassador</c><00:57:54.219><c> of</c><00:57:54.440><c> the</c><00:57:54.440><c> Gentiles,</c><00:57:54.900><c> he</c><00:57:54.980><c> never</c><00:57:55.219><c> was</c><00:57:55.340><c> anything</c><00:57:55.599><c> else.</c>

00:57:56.199 --> 00:57:59.000
There<00:57:56.400><c> are</c><00:57:56.519><c> others</c><00:57:56.619><c> who'd</c><00:57:56.860><c> like</c><00:57:56.960><c> to</c><00:57:57.119><c> feel</c><00:57:57.219><c> they</c><00:57:57.400><c> want</c><00:57:57.539><c> to</c><00:57:57.800><c> evangelise</c><00:57:58.400><c> the</c><00:57:58.619><c> world.</c>

00:57:59.480 --> 00:58:01.000
There<00:57:59.960><c> are</c><00:58:00.079><c> all</c><00:58:00.260><c> sorts</c><00:58:00.539><c> of</c><00:58:00.719><c> things.</c>

00:58:01.059 --> 00:58:04.119
Like<00:58:01.300><c> I</c><00:58:01.380><c> often</c><00:58:01.659><c> say,</c><00:58:02.380><c> Lindsay</c><00:58:02.619><c> Coon</c><00:58:02.900><c> or</c><00:58:03.019><c> one</c><00:58:03.139><c> will</c><00:58:03.219><c> be</c><00:58:03.360><c> the</c><00:58:03.519><c> ambassador</c><00:58:03.920><c> of</c>

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:04.599
the<00:58:04.239><c> Jews.</c>

00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:06.360
Who<00:58:05.159><c> could</c><00:58:05.320><c> imagine</c><00:58:05.619><c> being</c><00:58:05.780><c> anything</c><00:58:06.099><c> else?</c>

00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:09.599
But<00:58:06.940><c> their</c><00:58:07.280><c> imagination</c><00:58:07.860><c> need</c><00:58:08.099><c> no</c><00:58:08.500><c> bounds</c>

00:58:09.820 --> 00:58:14.079
in<00:58:10.340><c> the</c><00:58:10.860><c> terms</c><00:58:11.380><c> and</c><00:58:12.019><c> the</c><00:58:12.300><c> limits</c><00:58:12.480><c> of</c><00:58:12.699><c> that</c><00:58:12.940><c> wonderful</c><00:58:13.440><c> blueprint</c><00:58:13.820><c> that</c>

00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:14.480
God<00:58:14.260><c> has.</c>

00:58:14.739 --> 00:58:18.539
Look,<00:58:15.039><c> you</c><00:58:15.039><c> know,</c><00:58:15.420><c> a</c><00:58:15.559><c> verse</c><00:58:15.739><c> of</c><00:58:15.920><c> Scripture</c><00:58:16.059><c> that</c><00:58:16.260><c> never</c><00:58:16.739><c> ceases</c><00:58:17.440><c> to</c>

00:58:18.539 --> 00:58:19.420
move<00:58:19.099><c> me,</c>

00:58:19.539 --> 00:58:22.860
you<00:58:19.619><c> know,</c><00:58:19.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:58:20.219><c> 40,</c><00:58:20.880><c> say</c><00:58:21.059><c> under</c><00:58:21.320><c> the</c><00:58:21.559><c> cities</c><00:58:21.780><c> of</c><00:58:22.099><c> Judah,</c>

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:24.079
Behold<00:58:23.380><c> your</c><00:58:23.719><c> God!</c>

00:58:24.500 --> 00:58:25.699
What<00:58:24.800><c> bounds</c><00:58:25.099><c> does</c><00:58:25.280><c> that</c><00:58:25.519><c> know?</c>

00:58:25.699 --> 00:58:28.139
Look,<00:58:26.460><c> you've</c><00:58:26.679><c> got</c><00:58:26.780><c> all</c><00:58:26.960><c> the</c><00:58:27.119><c> evidence</c><00:58:27.400><c> of</c><00:58:27.639><c> Zechariah,</c>

00:58:28.179 --> 00:58:31.920
of<00:58:28.340><c> men</c><00:58:28.659><c> saying</c><00:58:28.920><c> to</c><00:58:29.059><c> their</c><00:58:29.239><c> wives,</c><00:58:29.739><c> so</c><00:58:30.079><c> heartbroken</c><00:58:30.679><c> that</c><00:58:30.900><c> they've</c><00:58:31.360><c> crucified</c><00:58:31.760><c> the</c>

00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:32.500
Son<00:58:32.099><c> of</c><00:58:32.320><c> God,</c>

00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:35.539
that<00:58:32.940><c> every</c><00:58:33.400><c> family</c><00:58:33.880><c> mourns</c><00:58:34.239><c> apart,</c><00:58:34.880><c> every</c><00:58:35.199><c> house,</c>

00:58:35.679 --> 00:58:38.860
and<00:58:35.780><c> even</c><00:58:36.000><c> a</c><00:58:36.219><c> man</c><00:58:36.460><c> and</c><00:58:36.599><c> wife</c><00:58:36.840><c> will</c><00:58:37.159><c> separate</c><00:58:37.539><c> to</c><00:58:37.719><c> go</c><00:58:37.820><c> into</c><00:58:37.940><c> their</c><00:58:38.219><c> private</c><00:58:38.559><c> room</c>

00:58:38.860 --> 00:58:39.739
to<00:58:39.320><c> mourn.</c>

00:58:39.840 --> 00:58:42.840
Zechariah<00:58:40.320><c> is</c><00:58:40.500><c> telling</c><00:58:40.599><c> us,</c><00:58:40.780><c> of</c><00:58:40.920><c> course,</c><00:58:41.280><c> it's</c><00:58:41.619><c> absolutely</c><00:58:42.139><c> genuine</c>

00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:45.239
because<00:58:43.179><c> they're</c><00:58:43.380><c> not</c><00:58:43.500><c> trying</c><00:58:43.699><c> to</c><00:58:43.739><c> show</c><00:58:43.900><c> anyone</c><00:58:44.139><c> they're</c><00:58:44.400><c> crying.</c>

00:58:45.260 --> 00:58:46.960
What<00:58:45.599><c> bounds</c><00:58:45.940><c> does</c><00:58:46.099><c> the</c><00:58:46.239><c> imagination</c><00:58:46.639><c> know?</c>

00:58:47.239 --> 00:58:47.559
None.

00:58:47.820 --> 00:58:50.599
As<00:58:47.960><c> you</c><00:58:48.079><c> see</c><00:58:48.239><c> that</c><00:58:48.460><c> man</c><00:58:48.599><c> in</c><00:58:48.699><c> his</c><00:58:48.960><c> room</c><00:58:49.219><c> bowed</c><00:58:49.679><c> down</c><00:58:49.940><c> before</c><00:58:50.300><c> no</c>

00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:51.820
one<00:58:50.739><c> else</c><00:58:50.940><c> but</c><00:58:51.139><c> God</c><00:58:51.420><c> only</c>

00:58:51.820 --> 00:58:54.280
and<00:58:52.360><c> crying</c><00:58:52.639><c> his</c><00:58:53.079><c> heart</c><00:58:53.239><c> out</c><00:58:53.360><c> that</c><00:58:53.500><c> he's</c><00:58:53.659><c> crucified</c><00:58:53.960><c> the</c><00:58:54.099><c> Son</c>

00:58:54.280 --> 00:58:54.559
of<00:58:54.440><c> God.</c>

00:58:54.559 --> 00:58:56.599
Doesn't<00:58:54.760><c> that</c><00:58:54.980><c> warm</c><00:58:55.159><c> your</c><00:58:55.380><c> heart,</c><00:58:55.739><c> see</c><00:58:55.860><c> that?</c>

00:58:57.079 --> 00:58:58.480
See,<00:58:57.420><c> those</c><00:58:57.699><c> are</c><00:58:58.119><c> the</c><00:58:58.239><c> things.</c>

00:58:58.940 --> 00:59:01.559
If<00:58:59.119><c> a</c><00:58:59.199><c> person</c><00:58:59.500><c> feels</c><00:58:59.840><c> that</c><00:59:00.019><c> their</c><00:59:00.159><c> imagination</c><00:59:00.639><c> has</c><00:59:00.900><c> gone</c><00:59:01.039><c> over</c><00:59:01.380><c> the</c>

00:59:01.559 --> 00:59:02.219
bounds<00:59:01.699><c> of</c><00:59:01.880><c> the</c><00:59:02.019><c> Word,</c>

00:59:02.699 --> 00:59:05.639
there's<00:59:02.980><c> plenty</c><00:59:03.380><c> of</c><00:59:03.820><c> verses</c><00:59:04.000><c> of</c><00:59:04.219><c> Scripture</c><00:59:04.579><c> which</c><00:59:05.099><c> know</c><00:59:05.380><c> no</c>

00:59:05.639 --> 00:59:08.059
bounds<00:59:06.000><c> in</c><00:59:06.980><c> those</c><00:59:07.199><c> wonderful</c><00:59:07.599><c> things.</c>

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:10.820
But<00:59:08.619><c> of</c><00:59:08.800><c> course,</c><00:59:09.320><c> you</c><00:59:09.340><c> do</c><00:59:09.599><c> get,</c><00:59:09.980><c> and</c><00:59:10.099><c> I</c><00:59:10.159><c> know</c><00:59:10.239><c> it</c><00:59:10.400><c> has</c><00:59:10.519><c> happened,</c>

00:59:11.019 --> 00:59:13.059
you<00:59:11.039><c> get</c><00:59:11.219><c> brethren</c><00:59:11.519><c> who</c><00:59:11.739><c> will</c><00:59:11.880><c> paint</c><00:59:12.000><c> pictures</c><00:59:12.280><c> which</c><00:59:12.500><c> are</c><00:59:12.739><c> not</c><00:59:12.880><c> in</c>

00:59:13.059 --> 00:59:14.239
the<00:59:13.159><c> Word</c><00:59:13.280><c> of</c><00:59:13.480><c> God.</c>

00:59:14.260 --> 00:59:16.440
They<00:59:14.480><c> may</c><00:59:14.679><c> begin</c><00:59:14.940><c> there,</c><00:59:15.579><c> but</c><00:59:15.699><c> they</c><00:59:15.860><c> go</c><00:59:16.000><c> beyond</c><00:59:16.300><c> that,</c>

00:59:16.440 --> 00:59:18.039
and<00:59:16.539><c> we'll</c><00:59:16.699><c> finish</c><00:59:16.920><c> up</c><00:59:17.019><c> with</c><00:59:17.159><c> a</c><00:59:17.280><c> defective</c><00:59:17.780><c> picture.</c>

00:59:18.360 --> 00:59:19.639
You<00:59:18.579><c> trace</c><00:59:18.780><c> it</c><00:59:18.920><c> back</c><00:59:18.980><c> with</c><00:59:19.119><c> the</c><00:59:19.179><c> Word</c><00:59:19.320><c> of</c><00:59:19.519><c> God.</c>

00:59:19.659 --> 00:59:21.099
You're<00:59:19.800><c> not</c><00:59:20.039><c> sure</c><00:59:20.119><c> whether</c><00:59:20.280><c> God</c><00:59:20.500><c> said</c><00:59:20.679><c> it</c><00:59:20.840><c> or</c><00:59:20.940><c> not.</c>

00:59:21.179 --> 00:59:22.500
How<00:59:21.360><c> can</c><00:59:21.460><c> you</c><00:59:21.659><c> express</c><00:59:21.860><c> faith</c><00:59:22.099><c> in</c><00:59:22.280><c> it?</c>

00:59:22.500 --> 00:59:24.400
It's<00:59:22.880><c> not</c><00:59:23.039><c> said</c><00:59:23.219><c> by</c><00:59:23.880><c> the</c><00:59:24.019><c> Creator.</c>

00:59:24.739 --> 00:59:26.099
Faith's<00:59:25.099><c> gone.</c>

00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:29.119
Because<00:59:26.880><c> God</c><00:59:27.119><c> is</c><00:59:27.380><c> the</c><00:59:27.539><c> substratum,</c><00:59:28.619><c> really.</c>

00:59:29.480 --> 00:59:29.980
Isn't<00:59:29.639><c> it?</c>

00:59:30.179 --> 00:59:33.800
It's<00:59:30.400><c> the</c><00:59:30.519><c> Word</c><00:59:30.699><c> of</c><00:59:30.900><c> God</c><00:59:31.360><c> that</c><00:59:31.739><c> is</c><00:59:31.920><c> the</c><00:59:32.099><c> substratum</c><00:59:32.559><c> of</c><00:59:32.719><c> that</c><00:59:32.960><c> faith.</c>

00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:34.800
All<00:59:34.539><c> right.</c>

00:59:34.980 --> 00:59:36.519
Look,<00:59:35.119><c> I'm</c><00:59:35.219><c> going</c><00:59:35.360><c> to</c><00:59:35.519><c> finish</c><00:59:35.820><c> verse</c><00:59:36.119><c> two.</c>

00:59:36.780 --> 00:59:37.820
Isn't<00:59:36.940><c> that</c><00:59:37.139><c> okay</c><00:59:37.360><c> with</c><00:59:37.599><c> you?</c>

00:59:38.179 --> 00:59:39.460
We'll<00:59:38.340><c> do</c><00:59:38.460><c> it</c><00:59:38.579><c> quickly.</c>

00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:42.719
It's<00:59:40.679><c> the</c><00:59:40.820><c> Elements</c><00:59:41.019><c> of</c><00:59:41.119><c> Things</c><00:59:41.400><c> Not</c><00:59:41.739><c> Seen.</c>

00:59:43.099 --> 00:59:44.840
Now,<00:59:43.559><c> Kenny,</c><00:59:43.780><c> when</c><00:59:43.960><c> he</c><00:59:44.179><c> opened</c><00:59:44.420><c> this</c><00:59:44.659><c> meeting,</c>

00:59:45.019 --> 00:59:48.760
he<00:59:45.159><c> quoted</c><00:59:46.179><c> those</c><00:59:47.579><c> verses</c><00:59:47.920><c> from</c><00:59:48.159><c> the</c><00:59:48.360><c> diaglight,</c><00:59:48.619><c> didn't</c>

00:59:48.760 --> 00:59:49.199
you,<00:59:49.019><c> Ken?</c>

00:59:49.639 --> 00:59:50.440
That's<00:59:50.079><c> right.</c>

00:59:50.440 --> 00:59:51.639
Because<00:59:50.900><c> I've</c><00:59:51.219><c> got</c><00:59:51.219><c> it</c><00:59:51.400><c> here.</c>

00:59:51.719 --> 00:59:53.340
I<00:59:51.800><c> know</c><00:59:52.019><c> what</c><00:59:52.239><c> it</c><00:59:52.340><c> says,</c><00:59:52.480><c> see?</c>

00:59:54.159 --> 00:59:54.880
The<00:59:54.260><c> authorised</c><00:59:54.719><c> says,</c>

00:59:55.099 --> 00:59:56.860
Now,<00:59:55.119><c> faith</c><00:59:55.320><c> is</c><00:59:55.559><c> the</c><00:59:55.719><c> substance</c><00:59:55.900><c> of</c><00:59:56.079><c> things</c><00:59:56.239><c> hoped</c><00:59:56.519><c> for,</c>

00:59:57.119 --> 00:59:58.480
the<00:59:57.260><c> evidence</c><00:59:57.460><c> of</c><00:59:57.619><c> things</c><00:59:57.840><c> not</c><00:59:58.219><c> seen.</c>

00:59:58.840 --> 01:00:00.980
For<00:59:59.059><c> by</c><00:59:59.320><c> it</c><00:59:59.420><c> the</c><00:59:59.619><c> elders</c><00:59:59.780><c> obtained</c><01:00:00.199><c> a</c><01:00:00.360><c> good</c><01:00:00.519><c> report.</c>

01:00:01.099 --> 01:00:03.800
Through<01:00:01.340><c> faith</c><01:00:01.639><c> we</c><01:00:01.840><c> understand</c><01:00:02.239><c> that</c><01:00:02.420><c> the</c><01:00:02.599><c> worlds</c><01:00:02.800><c> were</c><01:00:03.179><c> framed</c><01:00:03.519><c> by</c>

01:00:03.800 --> 01:00:04.800
the<01:00:03.940><c> Word</c><01:00:04.079><c> of</c><01:00:04.239><c> God,</c>

01:00:05.059 --> 01:00:09.300
so<01:00:05.139><c> that</c><01:00:05.260><c> the</c><01:00:05.400><c> things</c><01:00:05.559><c> which</c><01:00:05.800><c> are</c><01:00:06.139><c> seen</c><01:00:06.500><c> were</c><01:00:06.780><c> not</c><01:00:07.039><c> made</c><01:00:07.320><c> of</c><01:00:07.460><c> things</c><01:00:07.780><c> which</c><01:00:08.039><c> do</c><01:00:08.320><c> appear.</c>

01:00:09.460 --> 01:00:11.739
Now,<01:00:09.639><c> this</c><01:00:09.760><c> is</c><01:00:09.840><c> how</c><01:00:10.000><c> the</c><01:00:10.199><c> diaglight</c><01:00:10.559><c> puts</c><01:00:10.900><c> it.</c>

01:00:12.099 --> 01:00:17.940
In<01:00:12.400><c> faith</c><01:00:12.699><c> we</c><01:00:12.940><c> perceive</c><01:00:13.400><c> that</c><01:00:13.659><c> the</c><01:00:13.920><c> ages</c><01:00:14.400><c> have</c><01:00:15.440><c> been</c><01:00:15.820><c> so</c><01:00:16.480><c> thoroughly</c><01:00:16.820><c> adjusted</c><01:00:17.579><c> by</c>

01:00:17.940 --> 01:00:19.519
God's<01:00:18.519><c> command</c>

01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:23.460
that<01:00:20.320><c> not</c><01:00:20.760><c> from</c><01:00:21.159><c> things</c><01:00:21.760><c> then</c><01:00:22.260><c> manifest,</c>

01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:27.840
the<01:00:24.199><c> things</c><01:00:24.739><c> now</c><01:00:25.400><c> seen</c><01:00:25.920><c> have</c><01:00:26.340><c> come</c><01:00:26.599><c> to</c><01:00:26.800><c> pass.</c>

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:29.920
That's<01:00:28.739><c> how</c><01:00:28.840><c> the</c><01:00:29.000><c> diaglight</c><01:00:29.239><c> puts</c><01:00:29.519><c> it.</c>

01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:32.940
Of<01:00:30.360><c> course,</c><01:00:31.159><c> interpreting</c><01:00:31.400><c> the</c><01:00:31.599><c> word</c><01:00:31.800><c> worlds,</c><01:00:32.280><c> the</c><01:00:32.400><c> word</c><01:00:32.679><c> aeon,</c>

01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:35.099
all<01:00:33.199><c> the</c><01:00:33.360><c> young</c><01:00:33.519><c> people</c><01:00:33.840><c> under</c><01:00:34.059><c> Johnny</c><01:00:34.340><c> Knowles'</c><01:00:34.820><c> tuition,</c>

01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:37.019
and<01:00:35.320><c> the</c><01:00:35.519><c> family</c><01:00:35.940><c> would</c><01:00:36.179><c> have</c><01:00:36.280><c> that</c><01:00:36.519><c> coloured</c><01:00:36.619><c> in</c><01:00:36.860><c> red,</c>

01:00:37.059 --> 01:00:37.980
knowing<01:00:37.280><c> the</c><01:00:37.440><c> world</c><01:00:37.539><c> is</c><01:00:37.760><c> aeon,</c>

01:00:38.019 --> 01:00:39.219
but<01:00:38.099><c> he's</c><01:00:38.280><c> probably</c><01:00:38.440><c> got</c><01:00:38.559><c> it</c><01:00:38.699><c> coloured</c><01:00:38.800><c> in</c><01:00:39.079><c> green,</c>

01:00:39.360 --> 01:00:40.219
think<01:00:39.380><c> it's</c><01:00:39.579><c> Oikomini</c><01:00:39.940><c> or</c><01:00:40.039><c> something.</c>

01:00:40.659 --> 01:00:42.659
But<01:00:40.840><c> if</c><01:00:40.980><c> the</c><01:00:41.059><c> word</c><01:00:41.280><c> aeon</c><01:00:41.699><c> is</c><01:00:41.900><c> coloured</c><01:00:42.139><c> in</c><01:00:42.340><c> red,</c>

01:00:42.860 --> 01:00:43.920
it<01:00:43.000><c> means</c><01:00:43.239><c> the</c><01:00:43.519><c> ages.</c>

01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:48.659
And<01:00:44.840><c> the</c><01:00:45.019><c> word</c><01:00:45.360><c> framed,</c><01:00:47.739><c> really,</c>

01:00:49.099 --> 01:00:51.199
people,<01:00:49.380><c> I've</c><01:00:49.639><c> heard</c><01:00:49.739><c> it</c><01:00:49.920><c> said</c><01:00:50.000><c> that's</c><01:00:50.199><c> not</c><01:00:50.400><c> a</c><01:00:50.480><c> good</c><01:00:50.659><c> translation,</c>

01:00:51.500 --> 01:00:55.280
but<01:00:51.639><c> it's</c><01:00:51.840><c> not</c><01:00:52.099><c> bad</c><01:00:52.639><c> because</c><01:00:54.119><c> the</c><01:00:54.380><c> word</c><01:00:54.619><c> is</c><01:00:54.940><c> rendered,</c>

01:00:55.360 --> 01:00:56.900
you<01:00:55.619><c> see,</c><01:00:55.820><c> in</c><01:00:55.900><c> other</c><01:00:56.059><c> places</c><01:00:56.380><c> by</c><01:00:56.619><c> the</c><01:00:56.820><c> turn,</c>

01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:58.320
we're<01:00:57.099><c> going</c><01:00:57.179><c> to</c><01:00:57.260><c> turn</c><01:00:57.420><c> all</c><01:00:57.559><c> these</c><01:00:57.619><c> up</c><01:00:57.760><c> but</c><01:00:57.880><c> we</c><01:00:58.039><c> won't,</c>

01:00:58.500 --> 01:01:01.039
it's<01:00:58.719><c> rendered</c><01:00:58.900><c> by</c><01:00:59.139><c> the</c><01:00:59.300><c> words</c><01:00:59.559><c> perfectly</c><01:01:00.159><c> joined</c><01:01:00.440><c> together,</c>

01:01:01.380 --> 01:01:05.099
fitted,<01:01:02.599><c> prepared,</c><01:01:03.840><c> so</c><01:01:03.960><c> the</c><01:01:04.199><c> ages</c><01:01:04.519><c> were</c><01:01:04.820><c> framed.</c>

01:01:05.159 --> 01:01:07.460
In<01:01:05.300><c> other</c><01:01:05.460><c> words,</c><01:01:05.920><c> God</c><01:01:06.139><c> put</c><01:01:06.360><c> a</c><01:01:06.519><c> boundary</c><01:01:06.820><c> around</c><01:01:07.199><c> them.</c>

01:01:07.780 --> 01:01:09.900
So<01:01:08.000><c> God</c><01:01:08.260><c> said,</c><01:01:09.119><c> now</c><01:01:09.380><c> let's</c><01:01:09.659><c> think,</c>

01:01:09.900 --> 01:01:12.599
who<01:01:10.079><c> can</c><01:01:10.320><c> think</c><01:01:10.380><c> of</c><01:01:10.500><c> some</c><01:01:10.639><c> examples</c><01:01:11.199><c> of</c><01:01:11.500><c> ages</c><01:01:11.880><c> that</c><01:01:12.139><c> God</c><01:01:12.340><c> put</c>

01:01:12.599 --> 01:01:16.719
limits<01:01:12.900><c> on?</c>

01:01:16.739 --> 01:01:18.219
Ten<01:01:16.820><c> years?</c>

01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:20.900
80s,<01:01:20.599><c> 70s?</c>

01:01:20.940 --> 01:01:22.679
It's<01:01:21.079><c> a</c><01:01:21.219><c> terminal</c><01:01:21.460><c> epoch.</c>

01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:23.500
Wasn't<01:01:23.199><c> it</c><01:01:23.440><c> Arnold?</c>

01:01:23.739 --> 01:01:26.360
God<01:01:24.159><c> put</c><01:01:24.920><c> a</c><01:01:25.079><c> frame</c><01:01:25.300><c> around</c><01:01:25.559><c> that,</c><01:01:25.739><c> it</c><01:01:25.880><c> ended</c><01:01:26.119><c> there.</c>

01:01:26.500 --> 01:01:27.679
What's<01:01:26.659><c> another</c><01:01:26.840><c> one?</c>

01:01:28.920 --> 01:01:29.139
Babylon.

01:01:29.139 --> 01:01:31.340
Babylon,<01:01:29.539><c> 70</c><01:01:29.739><c> years</c><01:01:30.039><c> captivity,</c><01:01:30.800><c> 70</c><01:01:31.059><c> years,</c>

01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:32.800
there's<01:01:31.539><c> a</c><01:01:31.699><c> frame</c><01:01:31.840><c> of</c><01:01:32.019><c> 70</c><01:01:32.260><c> years</c><01:01:32.460><c> around</c><01:01:32.639><c> that,</c>

01:01:32.880 --> 01:01:35.239
beyond<01:01:33.019><c> that</c><01:01:33.179><c> it</c><01:01:33.280><c> can't</c><01:01:34.739><c> go.</c>

01:01:35.500 --> 01:01:36.139
Noah's<01:01:35.980><c> preaching.</c>

01:01:36.360 --> 01:01:38.000
Noah's<01:01:36.840><c> preaching,</c><01:01:37.619><c> right.</c>

01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:39.980
There<01:01:38.320><c> was</c><01:01:38.519><c> a</c><01:01:38.619><c> certain</c><01:01:38.800><c> day</c><01:01:39.019><c> with</c><01:01:39.179><c> a</c><01:01:39.340><c> flood</c><01:01:39.480><c> to</c><01:01:39.739><c> come,</c>

01:01:40.380 --> 01:01:42.619
when<01:01:40.480><c> that</c><01:01:40.679><c> day</c><01:01:40.900><c> came</c><01:01:41.099><c> that</c><01:01:41.219><c> was</c><01:01:41.440><c> it.</c>

01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:45.840
Temple<01:01:43.860><c> power,</c><01:01:44.199><c> the</c><01:01:44.320><c> papacy,</c><01:01:44.960><c> a</c><01:01:45.039><c> hundred</c><01:01:45.179><c> and</c><01:01:45.360><c> other</c><01:01:45.460><c> things.</c>

01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:49.239
Genesis<01:01:46.500><c> 15,</c><01:01:47.780><c> Nelik</c><01:01:47.940><c> with</c><01:01:48.059><c> the</c><01:01:48.199><c> Amorites,</c>

01:01:49.420 --> 01:01:51.820
they<01:01:49.619><c> were</c><01:01:49.820><c> ages</c><01:01:50.119><c> that</c><01:01:50.360><c> God</c><01:01:50.619><c> framed</c>

01:01:51.900 --> 01:01:54.940
and<01:01:52.340><c> they</c><01:01:52.500><c> were</c><01:01:52.760><c> adjusted</c><01:01:53.099><c> by</c><01:01:53.420><c> God's</c><01:01:53.920><c> command.</c>

01:01:55.840 --> 01:01:57.440
Now<01:01:56.079><c> faith,</c><01:01:56.539><c> you</c><01:01:56.539><c> see,</c><01:01:56.980><c> brethren</c><01:01:57.099><c> and</c><01:01:57.260><c> sisters,</c>

01:01:57.480 --> 01:01:59.159
what<01:01:57.699><c> Paul</c><01:01:57.920><c> is</c><01:01:58.059><c> going</c><01:01:58.159><c> to</c><01:01:58.260><c> do</c><01:01:58.340><c> now</c><01:01:58.579><c> is</c><01:01:58.800><c> this,</c>

01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:00.539
what<01:01:59.659><c> he's</c><01:01:59.860><c> done</c><01:02:00.019><c> with</c><01:02:00.300><c> faith,</c>

01:02:00.719 --> 01:02:03.340
take<01:02:00.980><c> that</c><01:02:01.380><c> microphone</c><01:02:01.840><c> as</c><01:02:02.099><c> a</c><01:02:02.219><c> starting</c><01:02:02.420><c> point,</c>

01:02:03.460 --> 01:02:05.559
what<01:02:03.619><c> he's</c><01:02:03.800><c> done</c><01:02:04.000><c> first</c><01:02:04.300><c> of</c><01:02:04.480><c> all</c><01:02:04.599><c> with</c><01:02:04.780><c> faith</c><01:02:05.000><c> is</c><01:02:05.239><c> this,</c>

01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:08.360
now<01:02:05.960><c> this</c><01:02:06.480><c> is</c><01:02:06.739><c> a</c><01:02:06.980><c> definition</c><01:02:07.420><c> of</c><01:02:08.360><c> faith,</c>

01:02:08.780 --> 01:02:10.480
so<01:02:08.800><c> let's</c><01:02:09.059><c> get</c><01:02:09.199><c> it</c><01:02:09.420><c> carefully</c><01:02:09.599><c> because</c><01:02:09.800><c> this</c><01:02:10.019><c> is</c><01:02:10.179><c> the</c><01:02:10.280><c> quality</c>

01:02:10.480 --> 01:02:11.719
that's<01:02:10.619><c> going</c><01:02:10.780><c> to</c><01:02:10.840><c> help</c><01:02:11.019><c> us</c><01:02:11.159><c> get</c><01:02:11.199><c> into</c><01:02:11.300><c> the</c><01:02:11.440><c> kingdom.</c>

01:02:12.139 --> 01:02:14.800
From<01:02:12.380><c> this</c><01:02:12.639><c> point</c><01:02:12.840><c> on</c><01:02:13.000><c> is</c><01:02:13.159><c> future,</c><01:02:14.300><c> right?</c>

01:02:14.860 --> 01:02:17.039
So<01:02:15.000><c> we</c><01:02:15.099><c> look</c><01:02:15.260><c> future,</c><01:02:16.059><c> now</c><01:02:16.059><c> nothing,</c>

01:02:17.260 --> 01:02:19.860
because<01:02:17.739><c> it's</c><01:02:17.960><c> future</c><01:02:18.360><c> it's</c><01:02:18.780><c> not</c><01:02:19.500><c> happened,</c>

01:02:19.900 --> 01:02:20.800
it's<01:02:20.119><c> a</c><01:02:20.139><c> matter</c><01:02:20.320><c> of</c><01:02:20.519><c> hope,</c>

01:02:21.119 --> 01:02:24.519
but<01:02:21.260><c> we're</c><01:02:21.480><c> able</c><01:02:21.719><c> by</c><01:02:22.059><c> faith</c><01:02:22.320><c> to</c><01:02:22.639><c> close</c><01:02:23.000><c> the</c><01:02:23.219><c> future</c><01:02:23.380><c> with</c><01:02:23.619><c> substance.</c>

01:02:24.760 --> 01:02:27.500
Ah,<01:02:24.980><c> but</c><01:02:25.340><c> faith</c><01:02:25.559><c> works</c><01:02:26.019><c> both</c><01:02:26.300><c> ways,</c>

01:02:27.719 --> 01:02:30.119
because<01:02:28.079><c> faith</c><01:02:28.440><c> taking</c><01:02:28.719><c> from</c><01:02:28.920><c> this</c><01:02:29.179><c> point</c><01:02:29.320><c> where</c><01:02:29.480><c> we</c><01:02:29.659><c> are</c><01:02:29.840><c> now,</c>

01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:33.159
in<01:02:30.340><c> 1977,</c><01:02:31.760><c> goes</c><01:02:31.960><c> back</c><01:02:32.239><c> too.</c>

01:02:33.920 --> 01:02:38.519
And<01:02:34.360><c> faith</c><01:02:34.699><c> uses</c><01:02:35.219><c> the</c><01:02:35.679><c> evidence</c><01:02:36.119><c> of</c><01:02:36.820><c> things</c><01:02:37.079><c> that</c><01:02:37.260><c> are</c><01:02:37.460><c> past</c>

01:02:38.679 --> 01:02:40.960
to<01:02:39.119><c> come</c><01:02:39.300><c> to</c><01:02:39.460><c> that</c><01:02:39.719><c> point</c><01:02:40.000><c> for</c><01:02:40.300><c> its</c><01:02:40.559><c> confidence</c>

01:02:40.960 --> 01:02:44.099
to<01:02:41.219><c> go</c><01:02:41.380><c> on</c><01:02:41.599><c> from</c><01:02:41.800><c> there,</c><01:02:42.460><c> of</c><01:02:42.599><c> things</c><01:02:42.820><c> that</c><01:02:43.039><c> haven't</c><01:02:43.199><c> happened.</c>

01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:46.219
So<01:02:44.500><c> faith</c><01:02:44.739><c> goes</c><01:02:45.019><c> back</c><01:02:45.260><c> and</c><01:02:45.380><c> it</c><01:02:45.539><c> says,</c>

01:02:46.260 --> 01:02:47.840
hmm,<01:02:46.460><c> yes,</c><01:02:47.059><c> God</c><01:02:47.340><c> says,</c>

01:02:48.280 --> 01:02:49.900
when<01:02:48.380><c> the</c><01:02:48.500><c> Nelik</c><01:02:48.639><c> with</c><01:02:48.739><c> the</c><01:02:48.880><c> Amorites</c><01:02:49.239><c> come</c><01:02:49.460><c> to</c><01:02:49.599><c> the</c><01:02:49.800><c> full</c>

01:02:49.900 --> 01:02:51.679
and<01:02:50.059><c> the</c><01:02:50.260><c> fourth</c><01:02:50.460><c> generation,</c><01:02:51.099><c> yes,</c>

01:02:52.079 --> 01:02:54.159
the<01:02:52.219><c> Bible</c><01:02:52.519><c> says</c><01:02:52.739><c> that</c><01:02:52.960><c> Abraham</c><01:02:53.320><c> came</c><01:02:53.960><c> there</c>

01:02:54.159 --> 01:02:55.719
and<01:02:54.320><c> later</c><01:02:54.519><c> on</c><01:02:54.739><c> his</c><01:02:54.960><c> seed</c><01:02:55.099><c> came</c><01:02:55.380><c> down</c><01:02:55.579><c> there</c>

01:02:55.719 --> 01:02:57.980
and<01:02:56.199><c> archaeologists</c><01:02:56.760><c> got</c><01:02:57.199><c> there</c><01:02:57.420><c> with</c><01:02:57.679><c> a</c><01:02:57.800><c> spade</c>

01:02:57.980 --> 01:03:00.599
and<01:02:58.300><c> lo</c><01:02:58.500><c> and</c><01:02:58.719><c> behold,</c><01:02:59.579><c> the</c><01:02:59.719><c> evidence</c><01:02:59.920><c> has</c><01:03:00.219><c> turned</c><01:03:00.360><c> up</c>

01:03:00.599 --> 01:03:02.900
that<01:03:00.780><c> in</c><01:03:01.099><c> times</c><01:03:01.559><c> when</c><01:03:01.739><c> people</c><01:03:01.960><c> called</c><01:03:02.179><c> the</c><01:03:02.380><c> Amorites,</c>

01:03:03.239 --> 01:03:04.840
Israelites<01:03:03.500><c> were</c><01:03:03.679><c> in</c><01:03:03.780><c> the</c><01:03:03.920><c> land.</c>

01:03:04.940 --> 01:03:05.880
Beautiful.

01:03:06.280 --> 01:03:07.800
You<01:03:06.380><c> know,</c><01:03:06.619><c> not</c><01:03:06.820><c> that</c><01:03:06.920><c> we</c><01:03:07.019><c> need</c><01:03:07.099><c> the</c><01:03:07.360><c> archaeologists,</c>

01:03:07.860 --> 01:03:10.039
but<01:03:07.980><c> it's</c><01:03:08.199><c> lovely</c><01:03:08.360><c> to</c><01:03:08.599><c> see</c><01:03:08.780><c> the</c><01:03:09.179><c> confirmation</c><01:03:09.639><c> of</c><01:03:09.840><c> that.</c>

01:03:10.440 --> 01:03:12.039
And<01:03:10.639><c> so</c><01:03:10.739><c> we</c><01:03:10.940><c> go</c><01:03:11.059><c> in</c><01:03:11.179><c> a</c><01:03:11.320><c> process</c><01:03:11.619><c> of</c><01:03:11.880><c> reasoning.</c>

01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:13.699
God<01:03:12.320><c> says</c><01:03:12.559><c> that</c><01:03:12.820><c> Babylon</c><01:03:12.960><c> would</c><01:03:13.119><c> be</c><01:03:13.300><c> destroyed.</c>

01:03:13.840 --> 01:03:15.360
We<01:03:13.900><c> go</c><01:03:14.039><c> to</c><01:03:14.199><c> Babylon</c><01:03:14.360><c> and</c><01:03:14.539><c> we</c><01:03:14.599><c> are</c><01:03:14.699><c> able</c><01:03:14.820><c> to</c><01:03:14.900><c> see</c><01:03:15.019><c> a</c><01:03:15.219><c> sign</c>

01:03:15.360 --> 01:03:17.380
of<01:03:15.639><c> the</c><01:03:15.860><c> beauty</c><01:03:16.400><c> God</c><01:03:16.780><c> destroyed</c><01:03:17.159><c> Babylon.</c>

01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:20.659
Now<01:03:17.980><c> our</c><01:03:18.199><c> mind</c><01:03:18.400><c> is</c><01:03:18.579><c> working</c><01:03:18.780><c> upon</c><01:03:19.019><c> things</c><01:03:19.260><c> that</c><01:03:19.400><c> have</c><01:03:19.719><c> happened.</c>

01:03:21.360 --> 01:03:24.119
And<01:03:21.599><c> we</c><01:03:21.760><c> build</c><01:03:21.980><c> up</c><01:03:22.179><c> a</c><01:03:22.460><c> case</c><01:03:22.800><c> by</c><01:03:23.179><c> logical</c><01:03:23.679><c> proof</c>

01:03:24.119 --> 01:03:26.119
that<01:03:24.360><c> all</c><01:03:24.679><c> that</c><01:03:24.820><c> God</c><01:03:25.079><c> said</c><01:03:25.260><c> came</c><01:03:25.539><c> to</c><01:03:25.820><c> pass.</c>

01:03:26.119 --> 01:03:31.059
What's<01:03:26.820><c> to</c><01:03:26.980><c> stop</c><01:03:27.659><c> him</c><01:03:29.400><c> doing</c><01:03:29.719><c> things</c><01:03:30.320><c> from</c><01:03:30.619><c> then</c><01:03:30.820><c> on?</c>

01:03:31.460 --> 01:03:32.500
There's<01:03:31.619><c> just</c><01:03:31.860><c> nothing,</c><01:03:32.059><c> is</c><01:03:32.300><c> there?</c>

01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:34.500
I<01:03:32.880><c> mean,</c><01:03:33.119><c> the</c><01:03:33.219><c> logical</c><01:03:33.639><c> outcome</c><01:03:34.019><c> of</c><01:03:34.219><c> that</c>

01:03:34.500 --> 01:03:35.900
is<01:03:34.719><c> to</c><01:03:34.920><c> go</c><01:03:35.139><c> straight</c><01:03:35.639><c> on.</c>

01:03:36.280 --> 01:03:37.519
What's<01:03:36.679><c> to</c><01:03:36.960><c> stop</c><01:03:37.199><c> God?</c>

01:03:37.860 --> 01:03:39.340
Now<01:03:38.000><c> you</c><01:03:38.059><c> might</c><01:03:38.300><c> say,</c><01:03:38.519><c> of</c><01:03:38.659><c> course,</c><01:03:38.820><c> that's</c><01:03:39.079><c> logical.</c>

01:03:39.380 --> 01:03:40.699
We<01:03:39.480><c> all</c><01:03:39.699><c> believe</c><01:03:39.860><c> that</c><01:03:40.019><c> of</c><01:03:40.159><c> Christ</c><01:03:40.340><c> the</c><01:03:40.440><c> Delphian.</c>

01:03:40.920 --> 01:03:43.039
Yes,<01:03:41.119><c> we</c><01:03:41.300><c> do</c><01:03:41.440><c> in</c><01:03:41.699><c> theory,</c><01:03:41.920><c> but</c><01:03:42.099><c> I'm</c><01:03:42.280><c> not</c><01:03:42.440><c> talking</c><01:03:42.559><c> about</c><01:03:42.760><c> theory.</c>

01:03:43.079 --> 01:03:45.000
I'm<01:03:43.300><c> talking</c><01:03:43.400><c> about</c><01:03:43.559><c> the</c><01:03:43.760><c> thing</c><01:03:43.840><c> that</c><01:03:44.079><c> motivates</c><01:03:44.420><c> our</c><01:03:44.719><c> life.</c>

01:03:45.300 --> 01:03:47.099
If<01:03:45.460><c> we</c><01:03:45.639><c> don't</c><01:03:45.800><c> act</c><01:03:46.019><c> in</c><01:03:46.179><c> a</c><01:03:46.300><c> way</c><01:03:46.420><c> that</c><01:03:46.559><c> we</c><01:03:46.780><c> believe</c><01:03:46.980><c> that</c>

01:03:47.099 --> 01:03:48.920
and<01:03:47.219><c> we</c><01:03:47.400><c> really</c><01:03:47.639><c> don't</c><01:03:47.900><c> believe</c><01:03:48.260><c> it,</c>

01:03:49.159 --> 01:03:50.719
there's<01:03:49.300><c> something</c><01:03:49.659><c> lacking</c><01:03:49.940><c> in</c><01:03:50.159><c> that</c><01:03:50.360><c> conviction.</c>

01:03:51.019 --> 01:03:52.139
So<01:03:51.179><c> let's</c><01:03:51.539><c> trace</c><01:03:51.679><c> our</c><01:03:51.960><c> steps.</c>

01:03:52.139 --> 01:03:53.780
Let's<01:03:52.340><c> go</c><01:03:52.559><c> back</c><01:03:52.760><c> over</c><01:03:52.940><c> the</c><01:03:53.059><c> history</c><01:03:53.280><c> of</c><01:03:53.500><c> Israel.</c>

01:03:53.780 --> 01:03:57.260
Let's<01:03:54.280><c> build</c><01:03:54.420><c> up</c><01:03:54.619><c> a</c><01:03:54.619><c> terrific</c><01:03:55.159><c> case</c><01:03:55.539><c> for</c><01:03:55.699><c> this</c><01:03:55.860><c> point</c><01:03:56.079><c> of</c><01:03:56.260><c> time.</c>

01:03:57.420 --> 01:04:01.420
The<01:03:57.860><c> Six</c><01:03:58.099><c> Day</c><01:03:58.320><c> War</c><01:03:58.659><c> in</c><01:03:58.960><c> 1967,</c><01:03:59.840><c> only</c><01:04:00.099><c> ten</c><01:04:00.360><c> years</c><01:04:00.619><c> ago.</c>

01:04:01.840 --> 01:04:02.280
Remarkable.

01:04:02.500 --> 01:04:04.380
We<01:04:02.639><c> all</c><01:04:02.940><c> believed</c><01:04:03.300><c> then,</c><01:04:03.579><c> without</c><01:04:03.820><c> a</c><01:04:04.079><c> question,</c>

01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:05.800
that<01:04:04.719><c> God</c><01:04:04.880><c> operated</c><01:04:05.239><c> on</c><01:04:05.420><c> that</c><01:04:05.519><c> nation.</c>

01:04:06.079 --> 01:04:08.260
What's<01:04:06.420><c> to</c><01:04:06.639><c> stop</c><01:04:06.820><c> him</c><01:04:06.920><c> making</c><01:04:07.199><c> them</c><01:04:07.420><c> the</c><01:04:07.599><c> first</c><01:04:07.820><c> nation</c><01:04:08.099><c> in</c>

01:04:08.260 --> 01:04:09.179
the<01:04:08.360><c> world?</c>

01:04:09.260 --> 01:04:12.039
What's<01:04:09.579><c> to</c><01:04:09.739><c> stop</c><01:04:09.940><c> him</c><01:04:10.539><c> making</c><01:04:11.059><c> them</c><01:04:11.280><c> the</c><01:04:11.480><c> strong</c><01:04:11.679><c> dominion</c>

01:04:12.039 --> 01:04:13.300
inside<01:04:12.320><c> of</c><01:04:12.559><c> Micah</c><01:04:12.800><c> Chapter</c><01:04:13.059><c> 4?</c>

01:04:13.360 --> 01:04:15.460
Nothing<01:04:13.619><c> whatever,</c><01:04:14.139><c> because</c><01:04:14.300><c> didn't</c><01:04:14.519><c> he</c><01:04:14.619><c> win</c><01:04:14.760><c> that</c><01:04:14.960><c> war</c><01:04:15.079><c> for</c><01:04:15.320><c> them?</c>

01:04:15.659 --> 01:04:17.099
We<01:04:15.980><c> were</c><01:04:16.139><c> all</c><01:04:16.340><c> convinced</c><01:04:16.619><c> of</c><01:04:16.760><c> it</c><01:04:16.900><c> then.</c>

01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:19.940
Now<01:04:17.820><c> what</c><01:04:17.960><c> we're</c><01:04:18.159><c> doing</c><01:04:18.400><c> is</c><01:04:18.639><c> building</c><01:04:18.820><c> up</c><01:04:19.099><c> a</c><01:04:19.159><c> logical</c><01:04:19.599><c> case</c>

01:04:19.940 --> 01:04:20.940
for<01:04:20.119><c> the</c><01:04:20.300><c> evidence,</c><01:04:20.579><c> aren't</c><01:04:20.780><c> we?</c>

01:04:20.940 --> 01:04:24.360
And<01:04:21.260><c> he</c><01:04:21.599><c> framed</c><01:04:22.179><c> every</c><01:04:22.920><c> age</c><01:04:23.239><c> to</c><01:04:23.639><c> such</c><01:04:23.900><c> a</c><01:04:24.139><c> point</c>

01:04:24.360 --> 01:04:27.019
that<01:04:24.739><c> we</c><01:04:24.940><c> were</c><01:04:25.019><c> able</c><01:04:25.159><c> to</c><01:04:25.340><c> come</c><01:04:25.519><c> to</c><01:04:25.619><c> that</c><01:04:25.820><c> conclusion.</c>

01:04:27.119 --> 01:04:29.619
Now<01:04:27.179><c> you</c><01:04:27.260><c> know,</c><01:04:28.519><c> Paul</c><01:04:28.840><c> says,</c>

01:04:29.699 --> 01:04:33.739
for<01:04:29.760><c> by</c><01:04:30.059><c> it</c><01:04:30.239><c> the</c><01:04:30.639><c> elders</c><01:04:31.860><c> obtained</c><01:04:32.420><c> a</c><01:04:32.579><c> good</c><01:04:32.780><c> report.</c>

01:04:34.360 --> 01:04:36.139
Now<01:04:34.559><c> he</c><01:04:34.599><c> uses</c><01:04:34.860><c> the</c><01:04:34.960><c> word</c><01:04:35.199><c> elders.</c>

01:04:37.420 --> 01:04:39.519
The<01:04:37.579><c> elders,</c><01:04:37.840><c> of</c><01:04:37.960><c> course,</c><01:04:38.179><c> are</c><01:04:38.280><c> all</c><01:04:38.400><c> in</c><01:04:38.480><c> this</c><01:04:38.639><c> chapter.</c>

01:04:40.400 --> 01:04:42.199
But<01:04:40.539><c> the</c><01:04:40.800><c> reason</c><01:04:41.059><c> he</c><01:04:41.179><c> uses</c><01:04:41.500><c> the</c><01:04:41.639><c> term</c><01:04:41.820><c> elders</c>

01:04:42.199 --> 01:04:44.340
is<01:04:42.460><c> that</c><01:04:42.619><c> grown</c><01:04:42.880><c>-up</c><01:04:43.039><c> men</c><01:04:43.239><c> and</c><01:04:43.280><c> women</c><01:04:43.480><c> do</c><01:04:43.679><c> things</c><01:04:43.940><c> like</c><01:04:44.199><c> that.</c>

01:04:44.380 --> 01:04:46.059
These<01:04:44.559><c> are</c><01:04:44.760><c> mature</c><01:04:45.039><c> people</c><01:04:45.320><c> that</c><01:04:45.500><c> did</c><01:04:45.579><c> that.</c>

01:04:46.559 --> 01:04:48.659
Faith<01:04:46.840><c> is</c><01:04:47.300><c> a</c><01:04:47.460><c> thing</c><01:04:47.579><c> which</c><01:04:47.840><c> makes</c><01:04:48.099><c> for</c><01:04:48.239><c> maturity,</c>

01:04:48.659 --> 01:04:49.360
brothers<01:04:48.900><c> and</c><01:04:49.000><c> sisters.</c>

01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:51.900
It's<01:04:49.659><c> a</c><01:04:49.820><c> quality</c><01:04:50.079><c> of</c><01:04:50.380><c> belief</c><01:04:50.659><c> in</c><01:04:50.880><c> God</c><01:04:51.059><c> by</c><01:04:51.380><c> experience,</c>

01:04:52.219 --> 01:04:55.780
by<01:04:52.480><c> logical</c><01:04:53.239><c> proof</c><01:04:53.820><c> of</c><01:04:54.039><c> people</c><01:04:54.360><c> who</c><01:04:54.679><c> understand</c><01:04:55.059><c> by</c><01:04:55.380><c> practice</c>

01:04:55.780 --> 01:04:58.360
and<01:04:56.019><c> by</c><01:04:56.519><c> their</c><01:04:57.460><c> affinity</c><01:04:57.780><c> with</c><01:04:58.039><c> God</c>

01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:00.800
and<01:04:58.699><c> their</c><01:04:59.019><c> involvement</c><01:04:59.460><c> with</c><01:04:59.739><c> God</c><01:05:00.019><c> that</c><01:05:00.179><c> this</c><01:05:00.400><c> is</c><01:05:00.639><c> so.</c>

01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:01.920
They're<01:05:01.079><c> elders.</c>

01:05:02.340 --> 01:05:03.420
They<01:05:02.519><c> obtained</c><01:05:02.800><c> a</c><01:05:02.980><c> good</c><01:05:03.099><c> report.</c>

01:05:03.460 --> 01:05:05.099
They<01:05:03.579><c> were</c><01:05:03.820><c> attested</c><01:05:04.260><c> by</c><01:05:04.519><c> it.</c>

01:05:05.460 --> 01:05:07.079
And<01:05:05.460><c> it's</c><01:05:05.760><c> faith</c><01:05:05.980><c> says</c><01:05:06.179><c> that</c><01:05:06.380><c> we</c><01:05:06.539><c> understand</c>

01:05:07.079 --> 01:05:10.320
that<01:05:07.280><c> the</c><01:05:07.579><c> world</c><01:05:07.800><c> were</c><01:05:08.099><c> framed</c><01:05:08.320><c> or</c><01:05:08.900><c> adjusted</c><01:05:09.300><c> by</c><01:05:09.559><c> the</c><01:05:09.699><c> Word</c><01:05:09.840><c> of</c><01:05:10.039><c> God</c>

01:05:10.320 --> 01:05:12.019
so<01:05:10.659><c> that</c><01:05:10.880><c> things</c><01:05:11.099><c> which</c><01:05:11.420><c> are</c><01:05:11.619><c> seen</c>

01:05:12.019 --> 01:05:14.699
were<01:05:12.679><c> not</c><01:05:13.019><c> made</c><01:05:13.320><c> of</c><01:05:13.460><c> things</c><01:05:13.699><c> which</c><01:05:13.920><c> do</c><01:05:14.119><c> appear.</c>

01:05:15.099 --> 01:05:16.380
Or,<01:05:15.340><c> as</c><01:05:15.440><c> the</c><01:05:15.619><c> diaglog</c><01:05:15.900><c> puts</c><01:05:16.159><c> it,</c>

01:05:16.380 --> 01:05:19.559
that<01:05:16.820><c> not</c><01:05:17.639><c> from</c><01:05:17.960><c> things</c><01:05:18.260><c> then</c><01:05:18.940><c> manifest</c>

01:05:19.559 --> 01:05:23.500
the<01:05:19.800><c> things</c><01:05:20.599><c> now</c><01:05:21.539><c> seen</c><01:05:21.820><c> have</c><01:05:22.039><c> come</c><01:05:22.280><c> to</c><01:05:22.500><c> pass.</c>

01:05:23.659 --> 01:05:26.000
All<01:05:23.780><c> right,</c><01:05:23.980><c> let's</c><01:05:24.179><c> take</c><01:05:24.360><c> an</c><01:05:24.519><c> example.</c>

01:05:26.340 --> 01:05:27.900
Faith<01:05:26.519><c> then</c><01:05:26.820><c> works</c><01:05:27.159><c> on</c><01:05:27.360><c> the</c><01:05:27.539><c> evidence</c>

01:05:27.900 --> 01:05:31.440
that<01:05:28.619><c> what</c><01:05:28.900><c> God</c><01:05:29.139><c> said</c><01:05:29.300><c> in</c><01:05:29.460><c> the</c><01:05:29.659><c> past</c><01:05:30.380><c> was</c><01:05:30.840><c> going</c><01:05:31.019><c> to</c><01:05:31.280><c> happen</c>

01:05:31.440 --> 01:05:35.719
at<01:05:31.780><c> that</c><01:05:32.039><c> time</c><01:05:32.780><c> didn't</c><01:05:33.420><c> look</c><01:05:33.900><c> like</c><01:05:34.199><c> it</c><01:05:34.440><c> could</c><01:05:34.760><c> happen.</c>

01:05:36.059 --> 01:05:38.719
Who<01:05:36.280><c> could</c><01:05:36.460><c> think</c><01:05:36.559><c> of</c><01:05:36.639><c> an</c><01:05:36.780><c> example</c><01:05:37.099><c> of</c><01:05:37.320><c> that?</c>

01:05:45.099 --> 01:05:47.260
I'm<01:05:45.619><c> talking</c><01:05:45.679><c> about</c><01:05:46.000><c> Biblical</c><01:05:46.579><c> history.</c>

01:05:47.440 --> 01:05:48.940
Promises<01:05:47.780><c> to</c><01:05:48.039><c> Abraham.</c>

01:05:50.320 --> 01:05:51.579
Now,<01:05:50.659><c> that's</c><01:05:51.000><c> the</c><01:05:51.139><c> one.</c>

01:05:51.920 --> 01:05:53.719
And<01:05:52.079><c> this</c><01:05:52.219><c> is</c><01:05:52.300><c> the</c><01:05:52.400><c> one</c><01:05:52.500><c> that</c><01:05:52.679><c> Paul</c><01:05:52.860><c> picks</c><01:05:53.139><c> up.</c>

01:05:54.119 --> 01:05:55.760
See,<01:05:54.480><c> I'll</c><01:05:54.719><c> read</c><01:05:54.780><c> the</c><01:05:54.960><c> diaglog</c><01:05:55.159><c> again.</c>

01:05:56.079 --> 01:05:58.119
That<01:05:56.260><c> not</c><01:05:56.519><c> from</c><01:05:56.800><c> things</c><01:05:57.119><c> then</c><01:05:57.519><c> manifest</c>

01:05:58.119 --> 01:06:01.539
the<01:05:58.420><c> things</c><01:05:58.760><c> now</c><01:05:59.260><c> seen</c><01:05:59.800><c> have</c><01:06:00.059><c> come</c><01:06:00.320><c> to</c><01:06:00.559><c> pass.</c>

01:06:01.760 --> 01:06:02.980
Now,<01:06:01.980><c> we</c><01:06:02.179><c> haven't</c><01:06:02.400><c> seen</c><01:06:02.639><c> the</c><01:06:02.880><c> flood,</c>

01:06:03.039 --> 01:06:04.900
except<01:06:03.280><c> that</c><01:06:03.440><c> there</c><01:06:03.599><c> is</c><01:06:04.000><c> absolute</c><01:06:04.500><c> evidence</c>

01:06:04.900 --> 01:06:06.820
for<01:06:05.219><c> it</c><01:06:05.300><c> everywhere</c><01:06:05.639><c> in</c><01:06:05.820><c> the</c><01:06:05.980><c> world.</c>

01:06:07.159 --> 01:06:08.199
But<01:06:07.480><c> imagine</c><01:06:07.880><c> Noah.</c>

01:06:08.199 --> 01:06:10.079
Hammering<01:06:09.280><c> away</c><01:06:09.440><c> in</c><01:06:09.599><c> the</c><01:06:09.699><c> dark</c>

01:06:10.079 --> 01:06:11.920
up<01:06:10.559><c> in</c><01:06:10.699><c> the</c><01:06:10.760><c> mountains</c><01:06:11.079><c> of</c><01:06:11.280><c> Ararat</c>

01:06:11.920 --> 01:06:15.320
and<01:06:13.199><c> all</c><01:06:13.420><c> the</c><01:06:13.639><c> rabble</c><01:06:14.119><c> standing</c><01:06:14.519><c> outside</c>

01:06:15.320 --> 01:06:18.780
laughing<01:06:16.119><c> their</c><01:06:16.380><c> silly</c><01:06:16.559><c> heads</c><01:06:16.780><c> off</c><01:06:17.000><c> at</c><01:06:17.179><c> this</c><01:06:17.559><c> clown</c>

01:06:18.940 --> 01:06:20.280
building<01:06:19.579><c> that</c><01:06:19.920><c> boat</c>

01:06:20.280 --> 01:06:22.500
because<01:06:20.780><c> it's</c><01:06:21.039><c> going</c><01:06:21.199><c> to</c><01:06:21.460><c> rain,</c><01:06:22.119><c> and</c><01:06:22.199><c> all</c><01:06:22.360><c> right,</c>

01:06:22.539 --> 01:06:25.199
it<01:06:22.599><c> might</c><01:06:22.860><c> rain,</c><01:06:23.619><c> but</c><01:06:23.860><c> flood</c><01:06:24.099><c> this</c><01:06:24.420><c> area?</c>

01:06:25.320 --> 01:06:27.260
That<01:06:25.559><c> man's</c><01:06:26.039><c> a</c><01:06:26.219><c> lunatic.</c>

01:06:27.559 --> 01:06:30.500
Now,<01:06:28.380><c> at</c><01:06:28.699><c> that</c><01:06:28.940><c> time</c><01:06:29.239><c> it</c><01:06:29.380><c> was</c><01:06:29.760><c> not</c><01:06:30.099><c> manifest.</c>

01:06:30.860 --> 01:06:34.000
It<01:06:30.860><c> wasn't</c><01:06:31.760><c> clear</c><01:06:32.099><c> by</c><01:06:32.519><c> any</c><01:06:33.000><c> stretch</c><01:06:33.320><c> of</c><01:06:33.559><c> imagination</c>

01:06:34.000 --> 01:06:35.739
that<01:06:34.179><c> it</c><01:06:34.239><c> could</c><01:06:34.480><c> flood</c><01:06:34.659><c> that</c><01:06:34.900><c> area.</c>

01:06:36.099 --> 01:06:38.460
But<01:06:36.599><c> Paul</c><01:06:36.920><c> now</c><01:06:37.099><c> looks</c><01:06:37.340><c> back</c><01:06:37.539><c> from</c><01:06:37.699><c> his</c><01:06:37.920><c> point</c><01:06:38.119><c> of</c><01:06:38.260><c> history</c>

01:06:38.460 --> 01:06:40.360
and<01:06:38.599><c> says</c><01:06:38.699><c> it</c><01:06:38.920><c> happened.</c>

01:06:40.820 --> 01:06:42.320
And<01:06:40.840><c> in</c><01:06:41.039><c> verse</c><01:06:41.260><c> 7</c><01:06:41.519><c> he</c><01:06:41.659><c> says,</c>

01:06:42.820 --> 01:06:44.159
Noah<01:06:42.820><c> being</c><01:06:43.179><c> warned</c><01:06:43.519><c> of</c><01:06:43.800><c> God</c>

01:06:44.159 --> 01:06:47.119
of<01:06:44.800><c> things</c><01:06:45.139><c> not</c><01:06:45.639><c> seen</c><01:06:45.880><c> as</c><01:06:46.179><c> yet.</c>

01:06:48.840 --> 01:06:51.980
That's<01:06:49.059><c> the</c><01:06:49.159><c> one</c><01:06:49.219><c> he</c><01:06:49.460><c> selects</c><01:06:49.860><c> as</c><01:06:49.960><c> the</c><01:06:50.199><c> classical</c><01:06:50.480><c> example</c><01:06:50.880><c> of</c><01:06:51.099><c> that.</c>

01:06:52.400 --> 01:06:53.980
Not<01:06:52.619><c> from</c><01:06:52.860><c> things</c><01:06:53.119><c> then</c><01:06:53.440><c> manifest,</c>

01:06:54.280 --> 01:06:56.099
but<01:06:54.360><c> that</c><01:06:54.480><c> didn't</c><01:06:54.679><c> stop</c><01:06:54.960><c> Noah</c><01:06:55.260><c> from</c><01:06:55.519><c> obeying</c><01:06:55.860><c> God.</c>

01:06:56.300 --> 01:06:58.619
Why?<01:06:56.400><c> Because</c><01:06:56.659><c> God</c><01:06:56.960><c> said</c><01:06:57.280><c> it</c><01:06:57.480><c> would</c><01:06:57.639><c> happen.</c>

01:06:59.420 --> 01:07:01.599
Now,<01:06:59.699><c> it</c><01:06:59.739><c> was</c><01:07:00.000><c> no</c><01:07:00.199><c> good</c><01:07:00.420><c> Noah</c><01:07:00.780><c> trying</c><01:07:01.139><c> to</c><01:07:01.400><c> picture</c>

01:07:01.599 --> 01:07:03.940
a<01:07:01.960><c> flood</c><01:07:02.059><c> of</c><01:07:02.179><c> that</c><01:07:02.320><c> area,</c><01:07:02.980><c> and</c><01:07:03.099><c> using</c><01:07:03.380><c> that</c>

01:07:03.940 --> 01:07:06.039
picture<01:07:04.179><c> of</c><01:07:04.360><c> his</c><01:07:04.500><c> flood</c><01:07:04.679><c> to</c><01:07:04.860><c> build</c><01:07:05.119><c> the</c><01:07:05.380><c> ark</c>

01:07:06.260 --> 01:07:07.860
unless<01:07:06.659><c> God</c><01:07:07.000><c> said</c><01:07:07.139><c> it</c><01:07:07.239><c> would</c><01:07:07.400><c> happen.</c>

01:07:08.179 --> 01:07:08.659
You<01:07:08.219><c> follow</c><01:07:08.380><c> me?</c>

01:07:09.059 --> 01:07:11.000
I<01:07:09.079><c> mean,</c><01:07:09.300><c> he</c><01:07:09.559><c> could</c><01:07:09.739><c> have</c><01:07:09.940><c> made</c><01:07:10.099><c> a</c><01:07:10.239><c> picture</c><01:07:10.340><c> in</c><01:07:10.460><c> his</c><01:07:10.619><c> own</c><01:07:10.800><c> mind</c>

01:07:11.000 --> 01:07:13.440
and<01:07:11.139><c> his</c><01:07:11.239><c> own</c><01:07:11.519><c> sort</c><01:07:11.699><c> of</c><01:07:12.139><c> opinion</c><01:07:12.460><c> that</c><01:07:12.599><c> a</c><01:07:12.760><c> flood</c><01:07:12.860><c> would</c><01:07:13.099><c> happen</c>

01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:15.159
by<01:07:13.880><c> some</c><01:07:14.059><c> revelation</c><01:07:14.719><c> or</c><01:07:14.940><c> other,</c>

01:07:15.440 --> 01:07:17.780
but<01:07:15.739><c> unless</c><01:07:16.320><c> God</c><01:07:16.699><c> had</c><01:07:17.119><c> said</c><01:07:17.179><c> it</c><01:07:17.340><c> would</c><01:07:17.519><c> happen,</c>

01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:18.760
nobody<01:07:18.179><c> would</c><01:07:18.320><c> be</c><01:07:18.320><c> doing</c><01:07:18.559><c> that,</c>

01:07:18.780 --> 01:07:20.559
but<01:07:18.900><c> that's</c><01:07:19.039><c> what</c><01:07:19.199><c> God</c><01:07:19.420><c> has</c><01:07:19.639><c> said,</c><01:07:19.840><c> and</c><01:07:19.920><c> against</c><01:07:20.199><c> all</c>

01:07:20.559 --> 01:07:22.500
appearance<01:07:20.940><c> of</c><01:07:21.139><c> things</c><01:07:21.260><c> he</c><01:07:21.340><c> went</c><01:07:21.480><c> ahead</c><01:07:21.659><c> and</c><01:07:21.800><c> built</c><01:07:21.880><c> that</c><01:07:22.139><c> ark.</c>

01:07:22.719 --> 01:07:26.179
Now,<01:07:22.820><c> he</c><01:07:22.960><c> was</c><01:07:23.199><c> moved</c><01:07:23.460><c> of</c><01:07:23.639><c> things</c><01:07:23.980><c> not</c><01:07:24.579><c> seen</c><01:07:24.840><c> as</c><01:07:25.280><c> yet.</c>

01:07:27.260 --> 01:07:29.159
You<01:07:27.400><c> know,</c><01:07:27.539><c> there's</c><01:07:27.719><c> a</c><01:07:27.820><c> wonderful</c><01:07:28.179><c> way,</c><01:07:28.619><c> brothers</c><01:07:28.679><c> and</c><01:07:28.760><c> sisters,</c>

01:07:29.239 --> 01:07:32.159
to<01:07:29.559><c> exercise</c><01:07:30.679><c> Paul's</c><01:07:31.239><c> definition</c><01:07:31.599><c> of</c><01:07:31.840><c> faith.</c>

01:07:32.159 --> 01:07:34.599
You<01:07:33.059><c> ever</c><01:07:33.260><c> tried</c><01:07:33.500><c> this?</c>

01:07:35.239 --> 01:07:36.800
The<01:07:35.400><c> mind</c><01:07:35.619><c> thinks</c><01:07:35.980><c> back</c><01:07:36.300><c> logically</c>

01:07:36.800 --> 01:07:39.360
to<01:07:37.719><c> all</c><01:07:37.980><c> that</c><01:07:38.079><c> God</c><01:07:38.280><c> has</c><01:07:38.500><c> promised</c><01:07:38.659><c> in</c><01:07:38.860><c> the</c><01:07:39.059><c> past</c>

01:07:39.360 --> 01:07:41.219
and<01:07:39.800><c> that</c><01:07:40.159><c> the</c><01:07:40.400><c> past</c><01:07:40.659><c> has</c><01:07:40.940><c> revealed</c>

01:07:41.219 --> 01:07:44.360
in<01:07:41.400><c> the</c><01:07:41.539><c> course</c><01:07:41.719><c> of</c><01:07:41.960><c> history</c><01:07:42.179><c> as</c><01:07:42.480><c> having</c><01:07:42.719><c> come</c><01:07:42.980><c> to</c><01:07:43.219><c> pass.</c>

01:07:45.739 --> 01:07:49.699
Now,<01:07:46.219><c> if</c><01:07:46.380><c> you</c><01:07:46.559><c> like</c><01:07:46.739><c> to</c><01:07:46.960><c> do</c><01:07:47.000><c> yourself</c><01:07:47.380><c> a</c><01:07:47.920><c> real</c><01:07:48.320><c> good</c><01:07:48.699><c> treat,</c>

01:07:49.800 --> 01:07:51.639
you<01:07:49.980><c> go</c><01:07:50.219><c> home</c><01:07:50.559><c> sometime</c>

01:07:51.900 --> 01:07:54.139
and<01:07:52.380><c> think</c><01:07:52.599><c> of</c><01:07:52.780><c> all</c><01:07:53.000><c> the</c><01:07:53.179><c> references</c><01:07:53.480><c> in</c><01:07:53.739><c> the</c><01:07:53.920><c> Bible</c>

01:07:54.139 --> 01:07:55.980
that<01:07:54.320><c> you</c><01:07:54.639><c> can</c><01:07:54.900><c> to</c><01:07:55.079><c> the</c><01:07:55.320><c> details</c>

01:07:55.980 --> 01:07:59.920
of<01:07:56.739><c> the</c><01:07:56.980><c> crucifixion</c><01:07:57.599><c> and</c><01:07:57.780><c> rejection</c><01:07:58.139><c> of</c><01:07:58.300><c> the</c><01:07:58.400><c> Lord</c><01:07:58.559><c> Jesus</c><01:07:58.980><c> Christ.</c>

01:08:00.139 --> 01:08:02.260
You<01:08:00.579><c> can</c><01:08:00.780><c> think</c><01:08:00.960><c> of</c><01:08:01.019><c> quite</c><01:08:01.280><c> a</c><01:08:01.480><c> few.</c>

01:08:03.039 --> 01:08:05.059
You<01:08:03.119><c> know,</c><01:08:03.500><c> Psalm</c><01:08:03.639><c> 22,</c>

01:08:05.360 --> 01:08:06.900
they<01:08:05.400><c> pierced</c><01:08:05.760><c> my</c><01:08:06.039><c> hands</c><01:08:06.239><c> and</c><01:08:06.460><c> my</c><01:08:06.739><c> feet</c>

01:08:06.900 --> 01:08:08.559
and<01:08:07.079><c> they</c><01:08:07.320><c> parted</c><01:08:07.579><c> my</c><01:08:07.820><c> garments</c><01:08:08.099><c> among</c><01:08:08.420><c> them.</c>

01:08:08.699 --> 01:08:10.500
Well,<01:08:08.820><c> they</c><01:08:09.099><c> did,</c><01:08:09.340><c> they</c><01:08:09.559><c> pierced</c><01:08:09.780><c> his</c><01:08:10.000><c> hands</c><01:08:10.159><c> and</c><01:08:10.320><c> feet</c>

01:08:10.500 --> 01:08:12.679
and<01:08:10.679><c> they</c><01:08:10.880><c> parted</c><01:08:11.099><c> his</c><01:08:11.260><c> garments</c><01:08:11.539><c> among</c><01:08:11.860><c> them.</c>

01:08:13.320 --> 01:08:16.119
In<01:08:13.579><c> Psalm</c><01:08:13.820><c> 69,</c><01:08:14.460><c> they</c><01:08:14.699><c> gave</c><01:08:14.900><c> me</c><01:08:15.119><c> vinegar</c><01:08:15.380><c> for</c><01:08:15.579><c> my</c><01:08:15.860><c> drink,</c>

01:08:16.619 --> 01:08:18.100
which<01:08:16.840><c> they</c><01:08:17.079><c> did,</c><01:08:17.300><c> and</c><01:08:17.479><c> you</c><01:08:17.539><c> can</c><01:08:17.680><c> make</c><01:08:17.819><c> a</c><01:08:17.979><c> note,</c>

01:08:18.119 --> 01:08:20.159
they<01:08:18.319><c> gave</c><01:08:18.520><c> him</c><01:08:18.680><c> vinegar</c><01:08:18.939><c> for</c><01:08:19.140><c> his</c><01:08:19.359><c> drink.</c>

01:08:20.520 --> 01:08:22.819
Now,<01:08:20.640><c> you</c><01:08:20.720><c> can</c><01:08:20.939><c> take</c><01:08:21.079><c> 101</c><01:08:21.840><c> other</c><01:08:22.199><c> little</c><01:08:22.439><c> references.</c>

01:08:23.199 --> 01:08:24.659
Thou,<01:08:23.420><c> thou</c><01:08:23.699><c> Bethlehem,</c><01:08:24.119><c> Ephrathah,</c>

01:08:24.760 --> 01:08:26.800
thou<01:08:24.880><c> there</c><01:08:25.000><c> be</c><01:08:25.180><c> little</c><01:08:25.739><c> among</c><01:08:26.020><c> the</c><01:08:26.220><c> thousands</c><01:08:26.460><c> of</c><01:08:26.699><c> you</c>

01:08:26.800 --> 01:08:28.819
to<01:08:26.859><c> get</c><01:08:27.039><c> out</c><01:08:27.239><c> of</c><01:08:27.399><c> thee,</c><01:08:27.579><c> shall</c><01:08:27.720><c> he</c><01:08:27.920><c> come</c><01:08:28.180><c> forth</c><01:08:28.420><c> unto</c><01:08:28.600><c> me</c>

01:08:28.819 --> 01:08:29.979
as<01:08:29.039><c> the</c><01:08:29.079><c> big</c><01:08:29.279><c> governor</c><01:08:29.520><c> in</c><01:08:29.640><c> Israel.</c>

01:08:30.140 --> 01:08:32.239
He<01:08:30.159><c> was</c><01:08:30.420><c> born</c><01:08:30.619><c> in</c><01:08:30.720><c> Bethlehem.</c>

01:08:32.680 --> 01:08:34.260
Having<01:08:32.880><c> made</c><01:08:33.100><c> a</c><01:08:33.239><c> note</c><01:08:33.340><c> of</c><01:08:33.520><c> all</c><01:08:33.680><c> those</c><01:08:33.939><c> references</c>

01:08:34.260 --> 01:08:36.880
in<01:08:34.479><c> which</c><01:08:35.079><c> the</c><01:08:35.399><c> things</c><01:08:35.720><c> not</c><01:08:36.180><c> then</c><01:08:36.399><c> manifest</c>

01:08:36.880 --> 01:08:37.960
have<01:08:37.100><c> now</c><01:08:37.279><c> come</c><01:08:37.500><c> to</c><01:08:37.699><c> pass,</c>

01:08:38.159 --> 01:08:40.720
then<01:08:38.279><c> you</c><01:08:38.399><c> go</c><01:08:38.600><c> and</c><01:08:38.920><c> read</c><01:08:39.220><c> the</c><01:08:39.500><c> context</c><01:08:39.880><c> of</c><01:08:40.079><c> those</c><01:08:40.300><c> chapters.</c>

01:08:41.060 --> 01:08:43.439
And<01:08:41.220><c> I</c><01:08:41.340><c> don't</c><01:08:41.520><c> think</c><01:08:41.680><c> you'll</c><01:08:42.020><c> find</c><01:08:42.279><c> one</c>

01:08:43.460 --> 01:08:45.899
of<01:08:43.899><c> those</c><01:08:44.199><c> chapters</c><01:08:44.439><c> which</c><01:08:44.699><c> deal</c><01:08:44.840><c> with</c><01:08:45.020><c> the</c><01:08:45.239><c> suffering</c><01:08:45.420><c> of</c><01:08:45.600><c> Christ</c>

01:08:45.899 --> 01:08:47.779
that<01:08:46.100><c> don't</c><01:08:46.279><c> give</c><01:08:46.420><c> you</c><01:08:46.659><c> a</c><01:08:46.779><c> glorious</c><01:08:47.380><c> picture</c>

01:08:47.779 --> 01:08:50.260
of<01:08:48.100><c> what</c><01:08:48.260><c> he</c><01:08:48.399><c> will</c><01:08:48.539><c> do</c><01:08:48.680><c> when</c><01:08:48.819><c> he</c><01:08:48.939><c> returns</c><01:08:49.239><c> again.</c>

01:08:50.600 --> 01:08:52.439
And<01:08:50.819><c> ask</c><01:08:51.000><c> yourself</c><01:08:51.239><c> this</c><01:08:51.439><c> question.</c>

01:08:52.479 --> 01:08:54.560
If<01:08:52.720><c> you're</c><01:08:53.020><c> so</c><01:08:53.359><c> sure</c><01:08:53.699><c> in</c><01:08:53.899><c> your</c><01:08:54.199><c> faith</c>

01:08:54.560 --> 01:08:57.119
that<01:08:55.319><c> to</c><01:08:55.539><c> this</c><01:08:55.760><c> point</c><01:08:56.020><c> in</c><01:08:56.460><c> the</c><01:08:56.779><c> past,</c>

01:08:57.399 --> 01:08:58.739
right<01:08:57.520><c> to</c><01:08:57.699><c> this</c><01:08:57.840><c> point</c><01:08:58.060><c> of</c><01:08:58.220><c> history</c>

01:08:58.739 --> 01:09:01.520
that<01:08:59.220><c> those</c><01:08:59.439><c> things</c><01:08:59.600><c> came</c><01:08:59.939><c> to</c><01:09:00.119><c> pass</c><01:09:00.340><c> concerning</c><01:09:00.760><c> his</c><01:09:01.039><c> rejection,</c>

01:09:01.859 --> 01:09:03.340
what<01:09:02.060><c> about</c><01:09:02.220><c> the</c><01:09:02.460><c> glory?</c>

01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:05.539
Won't<01:09:04.939><c> God</c><01:09:05.159><c> do</c><01:09:05.359><c> that?</c>

01:09:05.640 --> 01:09:07.260
Psalm<01:09:05.840><c> 22,</c><01:09:06.359><c> for</c><01:09:06.579><c> example,</c>

01:09:07.500 --> 01:09:09.899
says<01:09:07.859><c> that</c><01:09:08.159><c> he</c><01:09:08.199><c> would</c><01:09:08.399><c> be</c><01:09:08.619><c> governor</c><01:09:08.939><c> among</c><01:09:09.260><c> the</c><01:09:09.399><c> nations</c>

01:09:09.899 --> 01:09:12.439
and<01:09:10.659><c> that</c><01:09:10.760><c> he</c><01:09:10.819><c> will</c><01:09:11.079><c> sing</c><01:09:11.279><c> the</c><01:09:11.579><c> praises</c><01:09:11.819><c> of</c><01:09:12.060><c> God</c>

01:09:12.439 --> 01:09:13.840
in<01:09:12.859><c> the</c><01:09:13.079><c> greater</c><01:09:13.460><c> pleasure</c>

01:09:13.840 --> 01:09:15.300
that<01:09:13.939><c> will</c><01:09:14.140><c> be</c><01:09:14.319><c> established</c><01:09:14.659><c> in</c><01:09:14.819><c> that</c><01:09:15.000><c> day.</c>

01:09:15.720 --> 01:09:17.260
Now,<01:09:16.239><c> look</c><01:09:16.420><c> at</c><01:09:16.539><c> your</c><01:09:16.699><c> imagination.</c>

01:09:17.739 --> 01:09:19.279
You<01:09:17.960><c> can</c><01:09:18.140><c> look</c><01:09:18.319><c> back</c><01:09:18.640><c> in</c><01:09:18.960><c> history</c>

01:09:19.279 --> 01:09:21.760
and<01:09:19.439><c> you</c><01:09:19.520><c> can</c><01:09:19.659><c> see</c><01:09:19.760><c> that</c><01:09:20.300><c> man</c><01:09:20.720><c> nailed</c><01:09:20.960><c> up</c><01:09:21.140><c> there</c><01:09:21.260><c> on</c><01:09:21.340><c> the</c><01:09:21.520><c> cross.</c>

01:09:21.899 --> 01:09:23.840
You<01:09:22.140><c> can</c><01:09:22.460><c> see</c><01:09:22.739><c> the</c><01:09:22.960><c> nails</c><01:09:23.220><c> being</c><01:09:23.539><c> driven</c>

01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:26.619
to<01:09:24.100><c> his</c><01:09:24.100><c> hands</c><01:09:24.399><c> and</c><01:09:24.560><c> his</c><01:09:24.779><c> feet</c><01:09:24.960><c> and</c><01:09:25.300><c> shudder</c><01:09:25.600><c> and</c><01:09:26.199><c> flinch</c>

01:09:26.619 --> 01:09:27.880
as<01:09:26.819><c> you</c><01:09:27.000><c> feel</c><01:09:27.159><c> the</c><01:09:27.340><c> pain</c><01:09:27.520><c> of</c><01:09:27.659><c> that.</c>

01:09:28.180 --> 01:09:29.560
And<01:09:28.319><c> you</c><01:09:28.359><c> can</c><01:09:28.600><c> watch</c><01:09:28.760><c> him</c><01:09:29.020><c> die</c><01:09:29.319><c> there.</c>

01:09:29.840 --> 01:09:31.600
And<01:09:29.880><c> underneath,</c><01:09:30.819><c> sellers</c><01:09:30.880><c> would</c><01:09:31.220><c> die</c>

01:09:31.600 --> 01:09:32.939
gambling<01:09:32.300><c> for</c><01:09:32.500><c> his</c><01:09:32.739><c> clothes.</c>

01:09:33.020 --> 01:09:33.939
Can<01:09:33.140><c> you</c><01:09:33.260><c> see</c><01:09:33.439><c> that</c><01:09:33.699><c> scene?</c>

01:09:34.260 --> 01:09:36.180
The<01:09:34.500><c> rough</c><01:09:34.720><c> soldiers</c><01:09:35.060><c> and</c><01:09:35.279><c> looking</c><01:09:35.420><c> up</c><01:09:35.640><c> every</c><01:09:35.840><c> now</c><01:09:36.039><c> and</c><01:09:36.119><c> then</c>

01:09:36.180 --> 01:09:39.039
to<01:09:36.520><c> spit</c><01:09:36.739><c> and</c><01:09:36.920><c> to</c><01:09:37.159><c> curse</c><01:09:37.640><c> in</c><01:09:38.159><c> their</c><01:09:38.399><c> coarse</c><01:09:38.619><c> language?</c>

01:09:39.159 --> 01:09:40.000
I<01:09:39.439><c> can</c><01:09:39.659><c> see</c><01:09:39.819><c> that.</c>

01:09:40.159 --> 01:09:41.319
We<01:09:40.300><c> don't</c><01:09:40.420><c> have</c><01:09:40.579><c> to</c><01:09:40.640><c> have</c><01:09:40.720><c> an</c><01:09:40.920><c> imagination.</c>

01:09:41.439 --> 01:09:44.500
Matthew,<01:09:41.899><c> Mark,</c><01:09:42.220><c> Luke</c><01:09:42.319><c> and</c><01:09:42.420><c> John</c><01:09:42.699><c> paint</c><01:09:42.939><c> that</c><01:09:43.239><c> scene</c><01:09:43.420><c> for</c><01:09:43.640><c> us.</c>

01:09:44.899 --> 01:09:47.720
But<01:09:45.100><c> can</c><01:09:45.319><c> you</c><01:09:45.520><c> see</c><01:09:45.720><c> the</c><01:09:45.859><c> Lord</c><01:09:46.039><c> Jesus</c><01:09:46.460><c> Christ</c>

01:09:47.720 --> 01:09:49.859
standing<01:09:48.539><c> in</c><01:09:48.779><c> the</c><01:09:49.039><c> ecclesia</c>

01:09:50.340 --> 01:09:52.079
not<01:09:50.779><c> ashamed</c><01:09:51.100><c> to</c><01:09:51.340><c> call</c><01:09:51.439><c> them</c><01:09:51.619><c> brethren</c>

01:09:52.560 --> 01:09:54.779
and<01:09:53.000><c> leading</c><01:09:53.359><c> the</c><01:09:53.720><c> choir</c><01:09:53.899><c> of</c><01:09:54.060><c> the</c><01:09:54.199><c> future</c><01:09:54.579><c> age</c>

01:09:54.779 --> 01:09:57.239
in<01:09:55.079><c> praise</c><01:09:55.300><c> to</c><01:09:55.479><c> God</c><01:09:55.720><c> for</c><01:09:55.859><c> what</c><01:09:56.079><c> God</c><01:09:56.340><c> did</c><01:09:56.539><c> in</c><01:09:56.680><c> his</c><01:09:56.939><c> life?</c>

01:09:57.300 --> 01:09:58.699
Can<01:09:57.359><c> you</c><01:09:57.520><c> see</c><01:09:57.680><c> that</c><01:09:57.899><c> picture?</c>

01:09:58.800 --> 01:10:00.880
Well,<01:09:58.920><c> that's</c><01:09:59.119><c> what</c><01:09:59.239><c> Psalm</c><01:09:59.399><c> 22</c><01:09:59.880><c> says.</c>

01:10:01.079 --> 01:10:02.960
Now,<01:10:01.380><c> your</c><01:10:01.500><c> faith</c><01:10:02.020><c> is</c><01:10:02.359><c> in</c><01:10:02.600><c> the</c><01:10:02.680><c> past.</c>

01:10:03.020 --> 01:10:04.000
You've<01:10:03.319><c> come</c><01:10:03.439><c> to</c><01:10:03.560><c> that</c><01:10:03.800><c> point.</c>

01:10:04.060 --> 01:10:06.340
Let<01:10:04.220><c> it</c><01:10:04.359><c> go</c><01:10:04.539><c> on.</c><01:10:05.180><c> And</c><01:10:05.300><c> let's</c><01:10:05.539><c> see</c><01:10:05.760><c> that</c><01:10:06.039><c> scene</c>

01:10:06.340 --> 01:10:08.020
of<01:10:06.800><c> the</c><01:10:07.260><c> greater</c><01:10:07.560><c> pleasure</c>

01:10:08.020 --> 01:10:09.939
and<01:10:08.500><c> the</c><01:10:08.699><c> son</c><01:10:08.859><c> of</c><01:10:09.039><c> God</c><01:10:09.199><c> leading</c><01:10:09.479><c> a</c><01:10:09.800><c> choir.</c>

01:10:09.979 --> 01:10:12.340
To<01:10:10.119><c> do</c><01:10:10.359><c> what?</c><01:10:11.199><c> That</c><01:10:11.340><c> he</c><01:10:11.420><c> might</c><01:10:11.699><c> lead</c><01:10:11.920><c> the</c><01:10:12.180><c> choir</c>

01:10:12.340 --> 01:10:14.000
in<01:10:12.579><c> praise</c><01:10:12.760><c> to</c><01:10:12.960><c> himself?</c><01:10:13.420><c> No</c><01:10:13.720><c> way.</c>

01:10:14.199 --> 01:10:16.000
That<01:10:14.319><c> he</c><01:10:14.380><c> might</c><01:10:14.619><c> lead</c><01:10:14.880><c> that</c><01:10:15.220><c> choir</c><01:10:15.479><c> in</c><01:10:15.819><c> praise</c>

01:10:16.000 --> 01:10:18.579
to<01:10:16.199><c> the</c><01:10:16.300><c> God</c><01:10:16.479><c> of</c><01:10:16.659><c> heaven</c><01:10:16.819><c> that</c><01:10:17.119><c> brought</c><01:10:17.260><c> him</c><01:10:17.439><c> through</c><01:10:17.720><c> that.</c>

01:10:18.779 --> 01:10:20.140
Now,<01:10:19.000><c> there's</c><01:10:19.260><c> a</c><01:10:19.399><c> picture</c><01:10:19.579><c> for</c><01:10:19.840><c> you.</c>

01:10:20.140 --> 01:10:21.260
If<01:10:20.439><c> ever</c><01:10:20.619><c> you</c><01:10:20.720><c> want</c><01:10:20.899><c> a</c><01:10:21.060><c> picture.</c>

01:10:21.760 --> 01:10:23.439
And<01:10:21.760><c> therefore,</c><01:10:22.439><c> as</c><01:10:22.500><c> much</c><01:10:22.659><c> as</c><01:10:22.880><c> we</c><01:10:22.960><c> believe</c>

01:10:23.439 --> 01:10:24.920
as<01:10:23.760><c> Robert</c><01:10:24.060><c> Roberts</c><01:10:24.300><c> once</c><01:10:24.619><c> said</c>

01:10:24.920 --> 01:10:27.399
as<01:10:25.319><c> much</c><01:10:25.560><c> as</c><01:10:25.760><c> we</c><01:10:25.920><c> believe</c><01:10:26.199><c> in</c><01:10:26.380><c> the</c><01:10:26.659><c> sufferings</c><01:10:26.899><c> of</c><01:10:27.079><c> our</c><01:10:27.220><c> Lord</c>

01:10:27.399 --> 01:10:28.439
Jesus<01:10:27.859><c> Christ</c>

01:10:28.439 --> 01:10:30.600
so<01:10:28.840><c> we</c><01:10:28.979><c> can</c><01:10:29.180><c> only</c><01:10:29.500><c> bear</c><01:10:29.819><c> that</c><01:10:30.260><c> scene</c>

01:10:30.600 --> 01:10:32.039
by<01:10:31.180><c> our</c><01:10:31.539><c> understanding</c>

01:10:32.039 --> 01:10:34.819
and<01:10:32.260><c> our</c><01:10:32.539><c> vision</c><01:10:32.720><c> of</c><01:10:33.199><c> his</c><01:10:33.420><c> future</c><01:10:33.840><c> glory.</c>

01:10:35.159 --> 01:10:36.079
Now,<01:10:35.279><c> Robert</c><01:10:35.479><c> Roberts</c><01:10:35.739><c> said</c><01:10:35.939><c> that</c>

01:10:36.079 --> 01:10:36.840
in<01:10:36.180><c> one</c><01:10:36.260><c> of</c><01:10:36.420><c> his</c><01:10:36.560><c> writings</c>

01:10:36.840 --> 01:10:39.800
that<01:10:37.520><c> it's</c><01:10:38.180><c> the</c><01:10:38.279><c> glory</c><01:10:38.699><c> of</c><01:10:38.899><c> the</c><01:10:39.060><c> future</c><01:10:39.319><c> of</c><01:10:39.640><c> Christ</c>

01:10:39.800 --> 01:10:41.800
that<01:10:39.960><c> enables</c><01:10:40.239><c> a</c><01:10:40.479><c> person</c><01:10:40.880><c> to</c><01:10:41.539><c> bear</c>

01:10:41.800 --> 01:10:44.319
the<01:10:42.180><c> picture</c><01:10:42.399><c> of</c><01:10:42.560><c> his</c><01:10:42.800><c> sufferings</c><01:10:43.079><c> of</c><01:10:43.199><c> the</c><01:10:43.420><c> past.</c>

01:10:44.420 --> 01:10:46.579
It's<01:10:44.680><c> our</c><01:10:44.899><c> faith</c><01:10:45.220><c> that</c><01:10:45.460><c> led</c><01:10:45.619><c> us</c><01:10:45.819><c> to</c><01:10:45.979><c> believe</c><01:10:46.119><c> he</c><01:10:46.319><c> suffered.</c>

01:10:46.939 --> 01:10:48.819
It's<01:10:47.140><c> our</c><01:10:47.439><c> faith</c><01:10:47.640><c> that's</c><01:10:47.920><c> going</c><01:10:48.000><c> to</c><01:10:48.100><c> lead</c><01:10:48.119><c> us</c><01:10:48.319><c> to</c><01:10:48.560><c> believe</c>

01:10:48.819 --> 01:10:51.640
that<01:10:49.199><c> he</c><01:10:49.319><c> will</c><01:10:49.479><c> be</c><01:10:49.659><c> the</c><01:10:49.819><c> great</c><01:10:50.020><c> leader</c><01:10:50.220><c> in</c><01:10:50.380><c> the</c><01:10:50.479><c> age</c><01:10:50.640><c> to</c><01:10:50.859><c> come.</c>

01:10:51.960 --> 01:10:54.000
You<01:10:52.039><c> take</c><01:10:52.300><c> Micah</c><01:10:52.680><c> Chapter</c><01:10:52.979><c> 4</c>

01:10:54.680 --> 01:10:55.479
Chapter<01:10:55.079><c> 5</c>

01:10:55.479 --> 01:10:57.560
Concerning<01:10:56.199><c> the</c><01:10:56.380><c> birth</c><01:10:56.819><c> in</c><01:10:57.100><c> Bethlehem</c>

01:10:57.560 --> 01:10:59.439
We<01:10:57.979><c> all</c><01:10:58.319><c> know.</c><01:10:58.699><c> Mary</c><01:10:58.819><c> went</c><01:10:59.020><c> down</c><01:10:59.300><c> there.</c>

01:10:59.600 --> 01:11:01.140
It<01:10:59.600><c> just</c><01:10:59.779><c> so</c><01:11:00.000><c> happened.</c><01:11:00.399><c> The</c><01:11:00.500><c> world</c><01:11:00.699><c> was</c><01:11:01.000><c> packed</c>

01:11:01.140 --> 01:11:03.300
at<01:11:01.319><c> that</c><01:11:01.520><c> time.</c><01:11:02.260><c> She</c><01:11:02.340><c> was</c><01:11:02.560><c> great</c><01:11:02.739><c> with</c><01:11:02.880><c> child.</c>

01:11:03.439 --> 01:11:04.979
Down<01:11:03.600><c> she</c><01:11:03.739><c> went</c><01:11:03.920><c> to</c><01:11:04.100><c> Bethlehem.</c>

01:11:05.220 --> 01:11:06.920
The<01:11:05.359><c> time</c><01:11:05.500><c> of</c><01:11:05.640><c> her</c><01:11:05.800><c> deliverance.</c><01:11:06.159><c> While</c><01:11:06.239><c> she</c><01:11:06.399><c> was</c><01:11:06.520><c> at</c><01:11:06.640><c> Bethlehem.</c>

01:11:07.340 --> 01:11:08.640
Marvelous.<01:11:07.880><c> God's</c><01:11:08.279><c> providence.</c>

01:11:09.020 --> 01:11:11.220
We<01:11:09.239><c> marvel</c><01:11:09.579><c> at</c><01:11:09.720><c> God's</c><01:11:10.140><c> providence.</c>

01:11:11.699 --> 01:11:13.819
Micah<01:11:11.899><c> goes</c><01:11:12.180><c> straight</c><01:11:12.500><c> on</c><01:11:12.640><c> to</c><01:11:12.800><c> say</c><01:11:12.960><c> this</c>

01:11:14.220 --> 01:11:15.239
Concerning<01:11:14.619><c> that</c><01:11:14.779><c> little</c><01:11:15.020><c> boy</c>

01:11:15.239 --> 01:11:16.619
born<01:11:15.439><c> in</c><01:11:15.699><c> Bethlehem</c>

01:11:16.619 --> 01:11:18.920
and<01:11:17.060><c> this</c><01:11:17.399><c> man</c><01:11:17.880><c> shall</c><01:11:18.119><c> be</c><01:11:18.319><c> the</c><01:11:18.600><c> peace</c>

01:11:18.920 --> 01:11:21.840
when<01:11:19.220><c> the</c><01:11:19.539><c> Assyrians</c><01:11:20.100><c> shall</c><01:11:20.420><c> tread</c><01:11:20.579><c> within</c><01:11:20.800><c> our</c><01:11:21.060><c> land.</c>

01:11:22.140 --> 01:11:23.100
Now<01:11:22.319><c> you</c><01:11:22.420><c> take</c><01:11:22.659><c> your</c><01:11:22.880><c> mind</c>

01:11:23.100 --> 01:11:25.020
straight<01:11:23.600><c> out</c><01:11:23.739><c> of</c><01:11:23.779><c> that</c><01:11:23.979><c> manger</c><01:11:24.199><c> in</c><01:11:24.420><c> Bethlehem</c>

01:11:25.020 --> 01:11:27.140
and<01:11:25.340><c> you</c><01:11:25.560><c> stand</c><01:11:25.859><c> straight</c><01:11:26.319><c> on</c><01:11:26.460><c> the</c><01:11:26.500><c> mountains</c><01:11:26.779><c> of</c><01:11:26.939><c> Israel</c>

01:11:27.140 --> 01:11:29.060
and<01:11:27.300><c> you're</c><01:11:27.500><c> facing</c><01:11:27.800><c> the</c><01:11:28.039><c> Gideon</c><01:11:28.380><c> hosts</c><01:11:28.619><c> in</c><01:11:28.739><c> Russia</c>

01:11:29.060 --> 01:11:31.039
and<01:11:29.279><c> the</c><01:11:29.380><c> Lord</c><01:11:29.579><c> Jesus</c><01:11:30.000><c> Christ</c><01:11:30.279><c> confronting</c><01:11:30.720><c> them</c>

01:11:31.039 --> 01:11:32.699
in<01:11:31.300><c> Micah's</c><01:11:31.800><c> prophecy.</c>

01:11:33.060 --> 01:11:34.779
Look<01:11:33.239><c> at</c><01:11:33.359><c> the</c><01:11:33.520><c> imagination</c><01:11:33.939><c> to</c><01:11:34.100><c> do</c><01:11:34.180><c> with</c><01:11:34.359><c> that.</c>

01:11:34.960 --> 01:11:36.779
A<01:11:35.119><c> little</c><01:11:35.319><c> baby</c><01:11:35.619><c> boy</c><01:11:35.840><c> lying</c><01:11:36.199><c> in</c><01:11:36.560><c> straw</c>

01:11:36.779 --> 01:11:39.100
in<01:11:37.180><c> the</c><01:11:37.420><c> place</c><01:11:37.600><c> where</c><01:11:37.840><c> animals</c><01:11:38.159><c> were.</c>

01:11:39.859 --> 01:11:40.340
Layless.

01:11:40.779 --> 01:11:42.180
Here<01:11:40.920><c> he</c><01:11:41.060><c> is</c><01:11:41.220><c> all</c><01:11:41.439><c> of</c><01:11:41.680><c> a</c><01:11:41.680><c> sudden</c>

01:11:42.180 --> 01:11:44.720
presented<01:11:42.720><c> by</c><01:11:43.000><c> Micah</c><01:11:43.619><c> standing</c><01:11:44.100><c> up</c><01:11:44.359><c> as</c><01:11:44.520><c> the</c>

01:11:44.720 --> 01:11:46.500
great<01:11:44.939><c> Assyrian</c><01:11:45.380><c> treads</c><01:11:45.800><c> into</c><01:11:46.020><c> our</c><01:11:46.279><c> borders</c>

01:11:46.500 --> 01:11:48.159
and<01:11:46.659><c> this</c><01:11:46.880><c> man</c><01:11:47.119><c> shall</c><01:11:47.279><c> be</c><01:11:47.439><c> the</c><01:11:47.680><c> peace.</c>

01:11:48.640 --> 01:11:51.079
We'll<01:11:48.779><c> raise</c><01:11:49.020><c> against</c><01:11:49.260><c> him</c><01:11:49.479><c> seven</c><01:11:49.779><c> shepherds</c><01:11:50.180><c> and</c><01:11:50.199><c> eight</c><01:11:50.399><c> principal</c><01:11:50.760><c> men</c>

01:11:51.079 --> 01:11:53.359
and<01:11:51.619><c> waste</c><01:11:51.880><c> him</c><01:11:52.039><c> out</c><01:11:52.140><c> of</c><01:11:52.220><c> the</c><01:11:52.279><c> land</c><01:11:52.460><c> of</c><01:11:52.600><c> Israel.</c>

01:11:53.779 --> 01:11:55.119
Incredible<01:11:54.220><c> picture.</c>

01:11:55.180 --> 01:11:56.840
Now<01:11:55.319><c> if</c><01:11:55.439><c> your</c><01:11:55.659><c> imagination</c><01:11:56.199><c> can't</c>

01:11:56.840 --> 01:11:59.020
dwell<01:11:57.020><c> upon</c><01:11:57.319><c> that,</c><01:11:57.779><c> you</c><01:11:57.859><c> haven't</c><01:11:58.020><c> got</c><01:11:58.260><c> one.</c>

01:11:59.180 --> 01:12:00.899
To<01:11:59.340><c> go</c><01:11:59.539><c> straight</c><01:11:59.800><c> from</c><01:11:59.960><c> the</c><01:12:00.140><c> manger</c><01:12:00.239><c> to</c><01:12:00.420><c> that</c><01:12:00.579><c> picture</c>

01:12:00.899 --> 01:12:02.460
and<01:12:01.159><c> that's</c><01:12:01.399><c> the</c><01:12:01.539><c> deliberate</c><01:12:01.760><c> intent</c><01:12:02.060><c> of</c><01:12:02.319><c> Micah</c>

01:12:02.460 --> 01:12:04.840
that<01:12:02.560><c> we</c><01:12:02.680><c> might</c><01:12:02.960><c> see</c><01:12:03.220><c> the</c><01:12:03.399><c> great</c><01:12:03.819><c> sweep</c><01:12:03.960><c> of</c><01:12:04.159><c> history</c><01:12:04.380><c> like</c><01:12:04.619><c> that.</c>

01:12:05.119 --> 01:12:06.760
Why<01:12:05.319><c> do</c><01:12:05.439><c> we</c><01:12:05.520><c> do</c><01:12:05.659><c> that?</c><01:12:05.779><c> Because</c><01:12:06.020><c> we</c><01:12:06.319><c> knew</c><01:12:06.319><c> he</c><01:12:06.500><c> did</c>

01:12:06.760 --> 01:12:08.560
lay<01:12:06.920><c> in</c><01:12:06.939><c> that</c><01:12:07.279><c> manger</c><01:12:07.500><c> in</c><01:12:07.699><c> Bethlehem.</c>

01:12:08.760 --> 01:12:11.079
He<01:12:09.100><c> will</c><01:12:09.319><c> also</c><01:12:09.619><c> stand</c><01:12:09.880><c> up</c><01:12:10.039><c> against</c><01:12:10.239><c> that</c><01:12:10.439><c> Assyrian.</c>

01:12:11.380 --> 01:12:12.840
Now<01:12:11.579><c> that's</c><01:12:11.699><c> what</c><01:12:11.859><c> Paul</c><01:12:12.079><c> said,</c><01:12:12.460><c> isn't</c><01:12:12.579><c> it?</c>

01:12:12.840 --> 01:12:15.560
The<01:12:13.680><c> face</c><01:12:14.039><c> closed</c><01:12:14.460><c> the</c><01:12:14.680><c> future</c><01:12:14.880><c> with</c><01:12:15.100><c> substance</c>

01:12:15.560 --> 01:12:17.359
because<01:12:16.060><c> the</c><01:12:16.479><c> evidence</c><01:12:16.699><c> of</c><01:12:16.920><c> the</c><01:12:17.060><c> past</c>

01:12:17.359 --> 01:12:19.479
is<01:12:17.619><c> so</c><01:12:18.079><c> clear</c><01:12:18.460><c> that</c><01:12:18.859><c> God</c><01:12:19.159><c> has</c>

01:12:19.479 --> 01:12:21.359
fulfilled<01:12:19.779><c> all</c><01:12:20.140><c> to</c><01:12:20.260><c> that</c><01:12:20.359><c> moment</c><01:12:20.619><c> of</c><01:12:20.899><c> time.</c>

01:12:21.800 --> 01:12:23.260
Like<01:12:21.880><c> Joshua</c><01:12:22.220><c> said</c><01:12:22.420><c> to</c><01:12:22.560><c> the</c><01:12:22.680><c> people</c>

01:12:23.260 --> 01:12:25.279
when<01:12:23.680><c> he</c><01:12:23.819><c> stood</c><01:12:23.960><c> before</c><01:12:24.300><c> them</c><01:12:24.399><c> in</c><01:12:24.500><c> his</c><01:12:24.640><c> last</c><01:12:24.979><c> speech</c>

01:12:25.279 --> 01:12:27.840
there<01:12:25.720><c> has</c><01:12:25.979><c> not</c><01:12:26.319><c> failed</c><01:12:26.600><c> one</c><01:12:27.140><c> good</c><01:12:27.539><c> thing</c>

01:12:27.840 --> 01:12:29.380
which<01:12:28.159><c> Yahweh</c><01:12:28.500><c> told</c><01:12:28.779><c> you.</c><01:12:29.020><c> Is</c><01:12:29.119><c> there?</c>

01:12:29.619 --> 01:12:30.760
No<01:12:29.840><c> one</c><01:12:29.920><c> can</c><01:12:30.119><c> answer</c><01:12:30.279><c> him.</c>

01:12:30.979 --> 01:12:32.960
Or<01:12:31.060><c> what's</c><01:12:31.420><c> the</c><01:12:31.500><c> supplement</c><01:12:31.699><c> believing</c><01:12:32.100><c> that</c><01:12:32.340><c> all</c><01:12:32.520><c> the</c><01:12:32.720><c> promises</c>

01:12:32.960 --> 01:12:35.600
concerning<01:12:33.300><c> the</c><01:12:33.539><c> glory</c><01:12:33.760><c> of</c><01:12:33.899><c> Israel</c><01:12:34.079><c> wouldn't</c><01:12:34.279><c> come</c><01:12:34.539><c> to</c><01:12:34.720><c> pass?</c>

01:12:36.180 --> 01:12:37.439
Isn't<01:12:36.300><c> that</c><01:12:36.500><c> logical?</c>

01:12:38.000 --> 01:12:38.619
So<01:12:38.220><c> face</c>

01:12:38.619 --> 01:12:40.439
is<01:12:39.220><c> the</c><01:12:39.359><c> evidence</c><01:12:39.600><c> of</c><01:12:39.800><c> things</c><01:12:39.979><c> not</c><01:12:40.319><c> seen.</c>

01:12:40.439 --> 01:12:43.779
The<01:12:40.520><c> word</c><01:12:40.779><c> evidence</c><01:12:41.159><c> is</c><01:12:41.739><c> the</c><01:12:41.819><c> word</c><01:12:42.000><c> which</c><01:12:42.159><c> means</c><01:12:42.420><c> logical</c><01:12:42.880><c> proof.</c>

01:12:58.279 --> 01:12:59.300
That's<01:12:58.800><c> right.</c>

01:13:03.020 --> 01:13:04.619
Well<01:13:03.420><c> it's</c><01:13:03.659><c> like</c><01:13:03.800><c> Jeremiah</c><01:13:04.239><c> with</c><01:13:04.420><c> his</c>

01:13:04.619 --> 01:13:05.880
title<01:13:04.819><c> deeds,</c><01:13:05.079><c> isn't</c><01:13:05.220><c> it?</c>

01:13:06.199 --> 01:13:08.640
See<01:13:06.460><c> Jeremiah</c><01:13:06.779><c> brought</c><01:13:07.079><c> title</c><01:13:07.460><c> deeds</c><01:13:07.699><c> in</c><01:13:07.960><c> land</c><01:13:08.119><c> with</c><01:13:08.340><c> no</c>

01:13:08.640 --> 01:13:09.659
values.

01:13:09.760 --> 01:13:13.060
He<01:13:10.020><c> was</c><01:13:10.220><c> about</c><01:13:10.520><c> to</c><01:13:10.659><c> go</c><01:13:10.819><c> into</c><01:13:11.439><c> the</c><01:13:11.619><c> hands</c><01:13:11.779><c> of</c><01:13:11.939><c> the</c><01:13:12.119><c> heathen</c>

01:13:13.060 --> 01:13:14.520
and<01:13:13.380><c> he</c><01:13:13.479><c> went</c><01:13:13.560><c> and</c><01:13:13.720><c> bought</c><01:13:13.840><c> it</c>

01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:15.279
property.

01:13:16.779 --> 01:13:17.979
That's<01:13:17.180><c> face,</c><01:13:17.399><c> isn't</c><01:13:17.600><c> it?</c>

01:13:18.239 --> 01:13:20.600
It's<01:13:18.640><c> like</c><01:13:18.819><c> you</c><01:13:19.039><c> say</c><01:13:19.159><c> but</c><01:13:19.359><c> the</c><01:13:19.479><c> Thomas</c><01:13:19.619><c> does</c>

01:13:20.479 --> 01:13:22.579
interpret<01:13:20.680><c> that</c><01:13:20.939><c> word</c><01:13:21.140><c> as</c><01:13:21.560><c> being</c><01:13:21.800><c> the</c>

01:13:22.579 --> 01:13:23.880
like<01:13:22.699><c> a</c><01:13:22.899><c> title</c><01:13:23.100><c> deed.</c>

01:13:24.279 --> 01:13:26.439
It<01:13:24.680><c> also</c><01:13:25.000><c> has</c><01:13:25.220><c> the</c><01:13:25.520><c> connotation</c><01:13:26.000><c> of</c>

01:13:26.439 --> 01:13:28.319
the<01:13:26.779><c> evidence</c><01:13:26.960><c> is</c><01:13:27.260><c> the</c><01:13:27.500><c> logical</c><01:13:27.960><c> proof.</c>

01:13:28.500 --> 01:13:29.760
It's<01:13:28.579><c> the</c><01:13:28.819><c> logic.</c>

01:13:30.100 --> 01:13:32.380
So<01:13:30.140><c> that</c><01:13:30.340><c> face</c><01:13:30.539><c> is</c><01:13:30.699><c> not</c><01:13:30.859><c> only</c><01:13:31.000><c> the</c><01:13:31.199><c> ability</c><01:13:31.420><c> to</c><01:13:31.640><c> use</c><01:13:31.760><c> the</c><01:13:31.960><c> imagination</c>

01:13:32.380 --> 01:13:33.340
of<01:13:32.460><c> what</c><01:13:32.579><c> will</c><01:13:32.760><c> happen</c><01:13:32.880><c> in</c><01:13:33.020><c> the</c><01:13:33.060><c> future</c>

01:13:33.340 --> 01:13:36.119
but<01:13:34.000><c> face</c><01:13:34.359><c> is</c><01:13:34.659><c> logic.</c><01:13:35.140><c> So</c><01:13:35.279><c> you</c><01:13:35.359><c> see</c><01:13:35.479><c> there's</c><01:13:35.619><c> two</c><01:13:35.859><c> things</c>

01:13:36.119 --> 01:13:37.359
we<01:13:36.319><c> exercise</c><01:13:36.720><c> there,</c><01:13:36.979><c> isn't</c><01:13:37.140><c> there?</c>

01:13:37.739 --> 01:13:40.239
Logic<01:13:38.140><c> and</c><01:13:39.159><c> imagination.</c>

01:13:41.260 --> 01:13:42.800
We<01:13:41.359><c> call</c><01:13:41.520><c> it</c><01:13:41.699><c> imagination.</c>

01:13:43.199 --> 01:13:44.180
Word<01:13:43.319><c> pictures</c><01:13:43.539><c> call</c><01:13:43.720><c> it</c><01:13:43.800><c> what</c><01:13:43.859><c> you</c><01:13:44.039><c> like.</c>

01:13:44.319 --> 01:13:45.439
But<01:13:44.539><c> that's</c><01:13:44.859><c> the</c><01:13:44.960><c> two</c><01:13:45.119><c> things.</c>

01:13:45.720 --> 01:13:48.260
So<01:13:45.880><c> when</c><01:13:46.060><c> the</c><01:13:46.239><c> face</c><01:13:46.359><c> thinks</c><01:13:46.579><c> about</c><01:13:46.739><c> the</c><01:13:46.979><c> past</c><01:13:47.220><c> it's</c><01:13:47.520><c> also</c><01:13:47.760><c> logical.</c>

01:13:48.619 --> 01:13:50.000
Now<01:13:48.720><c> the</c><01:13:48.979><c> future</c><01:13:49.260><c> can</c><01:13:49.520><c> be</c><01:13:49.800><c> closed</c>

01:13:50.000 --> 01:13:52.180
with<01:13:50.180><c> all</c><01:13:50.359><c> sorts</c><01:13:50.560><c> of</c><01:13:50.779><c> substance</c><01:13:51.060><c> providing</c><01:13:51.760><c> it's</c><01:13:52.039><c> within</c>

01:13:52.180 --> 01:13:53.939
the<01:13:52.460><c> framework</c><01:13:52.739><c> as</c><01:13:52.960><c> I</c><01:13:53.100><c> said</c><01:13:53.199><c> of</c><01:13:53.340><c> that</c><01:13:53.520><c> blueprint</c>

01:13:53.939 --> 01:13:56.340
that<01:13:54.380><c> God</c><01:13:54.579><c> has</c><01:13:54.779><c> laid</c><01:13:54.920><c> down</c><01:13:55.119><c> to</c><01:13:55.239><c> the</c><01:13:55.420><c> exercise</c><01:13:55.739><c> of</c><01:13:55.920><c> that</c><01:13:56.140><c> face.</c>

01:13:56.819 --> 01:13:58.359
And<01:13:57.000><c> with</c><01:13:57.180><c> that</c><01:13:57.340><c> I</c><01:13:57.439><c> think</c><01:13:57.579><c> we</c><01:13:57.720><c> better</c><01:13:57.840><c> leave</c><01:13:58.039><c> it</c><01:13:58.220><c> there</c>

01:13:58.359 --> 01:14:00.760
because<01:13:58.600><c> it's</c><01:13:58.760><c> 25</c><01:13:59.060><c> to</c><01:13:59.300><c> 10.</c><01:13:59.819><c> Sorry</c><01:14:00.020><c> about</c><01:14:00.180><c> that.</c>